| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART02837 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 44.3 x 55 cm; unframed: 35.6 x 46.2 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas on wood panel |
| Location | Main Bld: First World War Gallery: Sinai Palestine 1917 |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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A favourite charger with groom, Anzac Mounted Division
Description
Depicts Private George Shelton Lambert, a groom with 11th Light Horse Regiment, holding a troop horse. Despite the artist's title, 'A favourite charger' [i.e. officer's horse], this horse wears the distinctive 1912 Universal Pattern saddle used by other ranks. Officers used a different pattern saddle, and apart from saddle wallets and a shoe case carried no additional equipment or horse feed on it. The horse and rider are in a desert landscape. Listed as Pal 22 in List of Paintings Delivered to Australia House January 19, 1921. Also known as 'Waler and groom'. The artist was prompted to make the painting when he was informed that this trooper was his namesake (letter from Mr G E Lambert to AWM, File 449/009/830).