| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART19327 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | sheet: 60.4 x 46.2 cm; image: 51.7 x 46 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil, pen & black ink, watercolour, opaque white highlights |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1928 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Sketch for intended Light Horse memorial, Canberra
Description
Depicts a pedestal which supports a monument of four figures: a seated Sikh, a British soldier on horseback, a light horseman with a pipe on horseback and leaning forward on the horse, and a camelier standing beside a kneeling camel and pointing forward with his left arm. (All figures face to the right of the image). Brigadier-General Royston's proposal to erect a memorial at Port Said to honour the Anzacs who had died in Sinai and Palestine was made public in 1917 and designs were invited in June 1922. This sketch was an early design. Lambert's final submission was considerably more complex.