Portrait of the artist's son with boxing gloves, pencil sketch by George Lambert

P2/589

fonds

1916

Graphic Materials, Drawings

9664269

1 drawing - pencil on paper - 35 x 21 cm

George Washington Lambert (1873-1930) was a Russian-born Australian artist who migrated to Sydney in 1887. He is known principally for portrait painting and as an official war artist attached to the AIF during World War 1.

Maurice Prosper Lambert (1901-1964), son of George Lambert, was a British sculptor. Known mostly for his public sculptures, he held is first solo exhibition in 1929. He was a member of the Seven and Five Society and The London Group, and was Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1950 to 1958.

References:
"Lambert, George Washington". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed 26 May 2022. https://adb.anu.edu
"Maurice Lambert". National Portrait Gallery. Accessed 26 May 2022. https://www.npg.org.uk
"Maurice Lambert". Wikipedia. Accessed 26 May 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Lambert

George Page-Cooper until 1967; 'The Historical George Page-Cooper Collection', Leonard Joel, Melbourne, November 1967, no. 138 as 'Lambert’s Son 1916'

Full-length portrait sketch of Maurice Lambert as a fifteen-year-old boy wearing boxing gloves, a singlet and jodhpurs, and standing with his hands on his hips.

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

Title devised by cataloguer

Lambert’s Son 1916

Signed and dated in pencil below image