Barada Gorge, looking down the road to Damascus

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Accession Number ART02836
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 44.5 x 54.5 cm x 4.6 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas on wood panel
Maker Lambert, George
Place made Ottoman Empire: Syria, Barada Gorge
Date made 14-18 June 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

In June 1919 Lambert travelled to Barada Gorge north west of Damascus and where on 30 September 1918 a column of Turkish troops and transports, endeavouring to flee from Damascus, were intercepted by men of the 3rd and 5th Light Horse Brigades. The studies he made there were later used as source material for his larger 'Barada Gorge' painting (AWM ART 09755).