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Accession Number | ART02693 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | framed: 29 x 36.5 cm; unframed: 22.3 x 30.6 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on wood panel |
Maker |
Lambert, George |
Date made | mid March 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Rafa from One-Tree Hill
Description
Depicts a view from south east of Hill 255. Rafa is on the border between Egypt and Palestine on the Gaza strip and was captured by the ANZAC Mounted Corps on 9 January 1917. The two graves marked in the foreground are most likely those of New Zealanders. Lambert visited here in March 1918 and wrote: "Unfortunately for the purpose of records the old battle ground was covered with encampments, Salvage dumps, POW enclosures etc so that to get a representation of the ground as it was during the action it was necessary to eliminate all that had grown up during the period between occupation and my arrival."