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| Accession Number | ART02713 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 35 x 41.6 cm; unframed: 15.8 x 22 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on wood panel |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Jericho |
| Date made | 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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The plain, Jericho
Description
A view of Jordan Valley, with Jordan River running through it. George Lambert was officially appointed Official War Artist for Australia in late 1917. Attached as a lieutenant to the AIF, who were then fighting the Turks, he left London on 25 December to travel to the Middle East. During the train crossing through France and Italy, Lambert made sketches of the passing landscape through the window. These were the first of seventy-six drawings produced during 1918.
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