The road to Aleppo

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Accession Number ART02830
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 33 x 37.4 cm; unframed: 13.4 x 17.6 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil with pencil on wood panel
Maker Lambert, George
Place made Syria: North Syria, Aleppo
Date made c. 22 March 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 including an Arab on horseback, progressing along a road leading to buildings. There are hills in the background. Aleppo was the most northern city occupied by the Allied forces and was Chauvel's headquarters, where the northern most Australian Imperial Forces Brigade Headquarters were situated in 1918.