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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Dardanelles from Chanak, effects of blizzard on Gallipoli
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."