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| Accession Number | ART02806 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 33 cm x 41.4 cm; unframed: 27.4 x 35.6 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil and pencil on wood panel |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Transjordan, Ghoraniyeh |
| Date made | c. 14 May 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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'The Pimple' Ghoraniyeh bridgehead
Description
In April 1918 as Australian troops advanced towards Es Salt, a communication post was established at Ghoraniyeh on a small knoll rising from the Jordan Valley. From this vantage point of 150 feet, observers from the Light Horse could look straight down on the wide streambed of the Wady Nimrin. Lambert considered the region around Jericho "the most attractive from the artistic point of view. After the rainy season there was a long stretch of what looked like lucerne flats, beyond was an inspiring background of hills ... the Mount of Temptation on the left, and on the right beyond the Jordan the Mountains of Moab, standing out in jagged serrated masses of colour in strong light and shade."
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- Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Sinai
- Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Jericho
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