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| Accession Number | ART02834 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 28.6 x 34.3 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on wood panel |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Palestine, North Palestine, Lake Tiberias, Semakh |
| Date made | c. 7-8 June 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Sunrise Semakh, looking towards Yarmuk Gorge
Description
George Lambert described Semakh as: "... a railway-station of picturesque conglomeration of not more than usually dirty Arab huts, and a few tents and horses of the occupation people on the shore, southern end, of the Sea of Galilee. It is really beautiful here." Lambert visited Semakh on 7 and 8 June 1919 and made four paintings. In 1918 Semakh was a small mud village on the southern edge of Lake Tiberias, the Sea of Galilee. During the advance on Damascus in September 1918 Brigadier-General Grant with the 4th Light Horse Brigade attacked Semakh, defeating a strongly defended garrison of German and Turkish riflemen and machine gunners. The dead of both sides were buried together at the edge of the lake.