Coverless sketchbook containing 30 sketches of horses, landscape and Anzac Light Horse Memorial 1919

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Accession Number ART11389
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall - Closed: 30.4 x 24.6 cm; Overall - Open: 30.4 cm x 49 cm
Object type Sketchbook
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Lambert, George
Place made Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made 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

George Lambert, an official war artist in Middle East 13 Jan 1918 to June 1918 travelled with Bean on a historical mission to Gallipoli in February to March 1919, and then revisited Palestine. On his return, he worked on many commissioned paintings for the Memorial's collection. This sketchbook which was made on this tour of the Middle East, contains thirty pages of drawings of figures, horses, ambulances, a landscape and studies for The Anzac Light Horse memorial.