| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART11389.029 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 30.4 cm x 24.4 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Lambert, George |
| Place made | Egypt: Suez Canal, Kantara |
| Date made | 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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[Portrait of Australian soldier wearing slouch hat, left profile]
Coverless sketchbook containing 30 sketches of horses, landscape and Anzac Light Horse Memorial 1919
Description
Head portrait of a uniformed Australian Light Horseman, particular attention is taken differentiate the light from the shade provided on the man's face by the hat.
This is a study for a single figure in Lambert's painting of 'The charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba, 31 October 1917', the central figure of a man standing in the landscape is viewed clutching his field glasses, his head in left profile.