Breakwater, Port Said

Place Africa: Egypt
Accession Number ART02827
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 26.4 x 34 cm; unframed: 17.1 x 25.3 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on wood panel
Maker Lambert, George
Place made Egypt: Suez Canal, Port Said
Date made 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts figures standing on a breakwater at Port Said which juts out from the shore into the sea, at the entrance to the Suez Canal, statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps on end of breakwater. Boats are beside the breakwater and others with red and white sails are out at sea. Egyptian feluccas anchored and sailing nearby.

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