Item 04 - Item 05: Drawings for ‘Where the dead men lie and other poems’, ca. 1897 / drawn by George Washington Lambert

PX*D 198
PX*D 199

item

ca. 1897

Graphic Materials, Drawings

825842

10 drawings - pen and ink, and wash - various sizes

George Washington Lambert (1873-1930), artist, was born on 13 September 1873 at St Petersburg. The family migrated, reaching Sydney on 20 January 1887. Lambert died on 29 May 1930 at Cobbity, near Camden. He was buried in the Anglican section of South Head cemetery. During the late 1890’s, Lambert was influenced by American illustrators such as W. T. Smedley and Charles Dana Gibson. This influence is seen in the pen-and-ink illustrations of ‘Where the dead men lie and other poems' by Barcroft Boake. All were published by Angus & Robertson between 1897 and 1898.

Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online edition.
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm
(accessed April, 2008)

Two bound volumes containing 36 drawings, 10 of which were drawn by Lambert.

Vol. I - PX*D 198
No. 1: [From the far west: landscape with skeleton,
ca. 1897]
No. 2: [Landscape with skull, ca. 1897]
No. 11: Jim’s whip, ca. 1897
No. 12: [A valentine: the hut, ca. 1897]
No. 13: [A valentine: in the great slab fire-place, ca. 1897]
No. 14: [A valentine: this morn, ca. 1897]

Vol. II - PX*D 199
No. 25: [Babs Malone: idly watching for the starting,
ca. 1897]
No. 26: [Babs Malone: the racehorse reared and started,
ca. 1897]
No. 27: [Babs Malone: the baby pass the post, ca. 1897]
No. 33: Desiree, ca. 1897

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Illustrations were drawn by Lambert for ‘Where the dead men lie and other poems’ by Barcroft Boake published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1897. ¶'George W. Lambert retrospective : heroes & icons' / Anne Gray. ¶George Lambert 1873-1930 catalogue raisonne by Anne Gray, 1996.

Signed Geo. W. Lambert, GWL, G.W. Lambert. Undated. Untitled.

Titled from publication by Barcroft Boake. See Published Information.

A Brush with the Bush - Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, 3rd April-30th May, 1993 - Applies to: No. 1, no. 25, no. 33
S.H. Ervin Gallery - Apr.-June 1993 - No. 1, no. 25, no. 33