Lake Tiberias

Accession Number ART30089
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 32.6 x 54.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour over pencil heightened with white on paper
Maker Herbert, Harold
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts three Australian troops consulting a map with the stunning vista of Lake Tiberius (Sea of Galilee) as a backdrop. Herbert was appointed as an Official War Artist in February 1941, and served in the Middle East for 6 months. The artist writes: '...Looking across Lake Tiberias from the road between Safad and Rosh Pinna, the former being headquarters of the Australian Corps under Major-General Lavarack and previously the camp area of Brigadier Savige's troops prior to the launching of the Syrian campaign. Officers are shown checking up on a map. A hazy day.' Painted as part of the Syrian Campaign series. The campaign involved Australian troops, mostly from the 7th Division, fighting alongside allied troops against the Vichy French in Syria and Lebanon.

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