Dardanelles from Chanak, effects of blizzard on Gallipoli

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Accession Number ART02833
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 29.7 x 39.7 cm x 4.1 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on artist's board
Maker Lambert, George
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak
Date made 7-14 February 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This view from Chanak looks towards the Gallipoli Peninsula with the Kilid Bahr Plateau covered in snow, in the background. There are remains of a jetty in the foreground. In 1919 George Lambert accompanied the Australian Historical Mission to Gallipoli. The Australian Historical Mission spent a week on Chanak: "For the past 7 days we have been more of less stranded at Chanak on the Asiatic side of the Gate of the World. Snow blizzards ice & general discomfort. No coal or wood and a damp gloomy fifth rate house called the Lion Hotel, may I live to forget it."