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| Accession Number | ART02730 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | sheet: 19 x 30.6 cm; image: 16.6 x 29.5 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil, coloured pencil on cartridge paper |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Egypt: North Egypt, Moascar |
| Date made | 17 January 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Study of dead horses, Moascar
Description
Depicts a study of three horses. Left horse with head towards artist, centre horse rear quarters, right horse disemboweled, near hind leg in air. Lambert was in the Australian Remounts Section at Moascar on 15 January 1918. He made this drawing, dated 17 January, in Moascar. At the Australian remount depot horses and mules from Australia were broken in and trained. Lambert inscribed this work with notes, observing that it was a study of dead horses that had been pulled out from the lines to be buried in the desert, and that the vet had just performed a post-mortem on the horses.