A crash in the desert

Places
Accession Number ART02684
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 25.2 x 33 cm x 4.2 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on cigar box lid
Maker Lambert, George
Place made Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts a desert landscape, with a small aeroplane on the ground and figure to the right of the plane. Aircraft such as this, possibly a BE12 or RE8, were used at the beginning of the war for reconnaissance and bombing, spending much time behind enemy lines. Besides the usual dangers of anti-aircraft fire and the unreliability of the early aircraft, there were difficulties of escaping after a forced landing. George Lambert painted this scene during his first visit to Palestine in 1918.