Place | Africa: Egypt |
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Accession Number | ART02815 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Framed: 41.3 cm x 54.5 cm; Unframed: 32 cm x 45.6 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil and pencil on wood panel |
Maker |
Lambert, George |
Place made | Egypt: Cairo, Abbassia |
Date made | 1919 |
Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Balcony of troopers' ward, 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia
Description
An unidentified Light Horse trooper is featured in a balcony ward of 14 Australian General Hospital. There is a bed by the window screened with portable screens and a nurse is standing at the foot of the bed (the way her veil is tied suggests that she is a volunteer nurse rather that a fully qualified nursing sister). The nurse is Mrs G. A. Aumuller. The Light Horse trooper is dressed in the standard royal-blue dress with a white shirt and a red neck tie issued to convalescents. He is standing coyly, holding his hat in his hand. This work was painted between mid-April and 25 May 1919 at Abbassia in Egypt, during the six weeks that Lambert was in hospital suffering from dysentery.