| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART02861 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 32.8 x 47.1 cm; sheet: 25.4 x 36.8 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | watercolour, pencil on paper, adhered to cardboard |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Egypt: Suez Canal, Kantara |
| Date made | June 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Kantara, flags announcing peace
Description
Depicts a landscape with coral blue lake, background with ship sketched in pencil. Bridge middle right, buildings, low palms and tents behind canal. High flagpole right with many different flags. Kantara is situated on the Suez Canal, Upper Egypt, between Port Said and Ismailia, where the caravan route to Palestine crossed the Canal. A broad-gauge railway, known as the Kantara Military Railway, was established from Kantara to Romani in 1916. Lambert was in Kantara in June 1919 after his visit to Gallipoli with the Australian Historical Mission.