• Title
  [Portrait of unidentified army officer, ca 1914-1930] / drawn by George Washington Lambert
• Creator
  George W. (George Washington) Lambert, 1873-1930
• Call number
  DL Pd 699
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1914-1930
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  457954
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 pencil drawing - 28 x 21.7 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  George Washington Lambert (1873-1930), artist, was born on 13 September 1873 at St Petersburg. The family decided to migrate and George, reaching Sydney with his mother and three sisters in the Bengal on 20 January 1887, soon went to Eurobla, near Warren, a sheep-station owned by his great-uncle Robert Firth. These experiences of bush life gave him an enduring love for horses and rural themes. After several years in England and Europe, Lambert returned to Australia in 1921, and died on 29 May 1930 at Cobbity, near Camden. He was buried in the Anglican section of South Head cemetery. Australian Dictionary of Biography online edition.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Date of work is based on Lambert's time as a painter during and after the First World War.
  Gladys Owen and Basil Burdett were Hon. Secretaries for the Lambert Memorial Fund Exhibition Committee. The Exhibition was held in the Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Gallery, Sept. 25th until Oct. 15th 1930. The list of Lambert's works in the Mitchell Library [p. 203] has No. 38 titled as 'Head of Digger'. Further reference: ML MSS 97/11 pp 201-211, contains listing of G.W. Lambert's works exhibited and offered for sale from his estate. ML Q759.29/L, 'Lambert Memorial Exhibition, Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Gallery, September 25th, until October 15th, 1930, catalogue'.
  Sir William Dixson purchased this drawing from the 'Exhibition of the works of the late George W. Lambert, A.R.A.', held in David Jones Exhibition Hall, 24th June to 10th July, 1937. Dixson's copy of the catalogue shows No. 11 'Portrait Study, Soldier' for 12 guineas being selected for purchase. Reference: Dixson Library, PAM 93/766.
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I pictorial material
  Digital order no:a8158001
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Unsigned; undated; untitled.
  On back of the drawing there is a stamp signed by Gladys Owen and Basil Binder reading 'Certified by the Lambert Memorial Fund as the work of G.W. Lambert, A.R.A. 1930' - see Notes. Also in Sir William Dixon's hand [?] reads, 'Purchased at Exhibition July 1937'. There is a number '38'. Stamp, "W.D" in red ink, of Sir William Dixson, in lower left corner.
• Subject
  Artists, Australian--20th century.
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  portraits
  soldiers
  returned servicepeople
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3250580

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