457989
- TitleCamels and lake, Ferry Port, ca 1918 / drawn by George Washington Lambert
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- Call numberSSV*/Sp Coll/Lambert/5
- Level of descriptionfonds
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ca 1918 - Type of material
- Reference code457989
- Physical DescriptionDrawings - 1 pencil drawing - 30.5 x 19 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. In December 1917 he was appointed an official war artist, A.I.F. with the honorary rank of lieutenant. Lambert was in Ferry Port, Ismailia on 25th January 1918. 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. Further reference: 'George W. Lambert retrospective: heroes & icons' / Anne Gray, ML Q759.994/682. 'George Lambert 1873-1930 catalogue raisonne' by Anne Gray, 1996, ML Q759.994/L222.1/2. Australian Dictionary of Biography online edition. - General note
Date of work is based on Lambert's time at Ferry Port, Ismailia, Egypt - Signatures / Inscriptions
Titled; signed: GWL; undated; Numbered No. 24. - Name
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