| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART11388 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall - Closed: 35.4 cm x 25.4 cm x 1 cm; Overall - Open: 35.4 x 50.6 cm x .5 cm |
| Object type | Sketchbook |
| Physical description | pencil, in sketchbook of five bound leaves and two loose sheets (one folded), with one page of artist's notes, in grey-green paper-covered boards with black linen binding |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 1918-1920 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
The Greybook
Description
A sketchbook used by George Lambert during his commission containing five pages of drawings, including inside covers, of figures, horses, heads, landscapes and horse and rider studies for 'The charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba, 31 October 1917', 1918-1920.
The title inscribed by Lambert on front cover is 'The Greybook, Pencil Portraits & Sketches by Lieut. G.W.Lambert, Official Artist A.I.F. Egypt'. Inside the front cover is a drawing of a man in profile wearing glasses. Inside back cover is unfinished sketches of horses heads and the left profile of man wearing glasses.
- recto: not titled [figure studies]; verso: not titled [unfinished landscapes]
- not titled [figure study]
- not titled [study of a horse]
- verso: not titled [unfinished landscape study]
- not titled [study of soldier holding a rifle]
- not titled [artist notes]; verso: study of light Beersheba Charge
- rough pencil [illeg.]; verso: not titled [man on camel & artist notes]