Light horseman, mounted

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Accession Number ART11387
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 38.7 x 37.2 cm (irreg.); image: 26.8 x 22 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on wove paper
Location Main Bld: First World War Gallery: Sinai Palestine 1917: The Light Horse Men
Maker Lambert, George
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 1920
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts an Australian Light Horseman, wearing his uniform with rifle, bandolier, haversack, bayonet attached, leggings including his slouch hat with an emu plume, seated as if mounted on a horse (facing the left of the image), although the horse is not drawn. He leans forward arms crossed on pommel, the reins are draped around his left wrist. This and a group of drawings, seem to be studies for Lamberts painting, 'The Charge of the Light Horse at Beersheba' 1920 (Australian War Memorial), which depicts a large body of Australian Light Horsemen on horseback in battle against the Turks. Lambert made several studies for this painting in London in 1920.