| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART92078 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | sheet: 89 x 70.4 cm; image: 74 x 59 cm (irreg.) |
| Object type | |
| Physical description | colour lithograph, hand finishes on paper |
| Maker |
Holland, Steven Tremblay, Theodore |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Bungendore |
| Date made | 2002 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
The horses stay behind
Description
The drawing portrays the only surviving fragment of the original Desert Mounted Corps Memorial by Web Gilbert. The memorial was erected at Port Said, Egypt in honour of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought and died in Egypt, Palestine and Syria between 1916 and 1918. The memorial was destroyed in a riot during the Suez crisis in 1956, and in 1959 the damaged fragment was shipped to Australia. The title of the lithograph 'The horses stay behind' relates to the fate of horses that left Australian shores during the First World War to serve in Australian and allied forces overseas. In excess of 100,000 horses left Australia, and only one returned. This three-colour lithograph has been printed in the traditional European method, from Bavarian Solnhofen limestone on a flatbed press by master printer, Theo Tremblay, in his Bungendore, NSW, studio.