Gallipoli Mission [cover design] Accession Number: ART19774

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Cover design for Bean's book 'Gallipoli Mission', which was not used. Three figures are grouped in the lower right; George Lambert (official war artist), Zeki Bey (Turkish officer), and Charles Bean (official war correspondent). They are standing at ANZAC Cove with Lambert painting the scene. Bean originally went ashore at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and remained in the area for the campaign. He returned to the Dardanelles in February 1919 with the Australian Historical Mission and published 'Gallipoli Mission' in 1948.

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Accession Number
ART19774
Artist
Lieutenant Walter Gilbert Beaumont
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil, gouache on cardboard
Measurement
Overall: 38.8 cm x 32.6 cm
Medium
pencil, gouache on cardboard
Date Made
c. 1947
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1981
Copyright
AWM copyright

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