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Depicts no-mans lands at Jebel Saba near Nalin. Lambert made a brief visit to the front line which was then at Nalin in the Judean Hills south of Jerusalem. The 7th Light Horse occupied small fortified positions called 'sangars' in a rocky and inhospitable landscape. This is evidence that Lambert experienced the battles at close quarters, and it seems remarkable that he was able to complete these lively, revealing sketches under such circumstances. On the back of this work there is a study titled 'Camp follower' of a front view of the head and shoulders of an Arab youth wearing a circular cap, white shirt and brown jacket, with a landscape scene in the background.
Depicts the Remount Camp at Moascar, North Egypt. The view of the camp is from Major 'Banjo' Paterson's tent. Andrew Barton ('Banjo') Paterson, poet and journalist, was in charge of the Remounts Sect
Depicts a young barefooted Sudanese wallad (boy) wearing a high head-dress and djella'ba, sits on a donkey at the Army Veterinary Corps Depot in Egypt. The mule wears a halter with a long rope attache
Lambert made a brief visit to the front line, which in February 1918 passed through Nalin in the Judaean Hills, south of Jerusalem. He made two small oil studies as well as many pencil drawings of lig
Although dated 11 March 1918, Lambert sketched at Tel el Saba on the 12th, the day after he had worked at Beersheba. It is five kilometers east of Beersheba and had been a crucial position to take bef
Saba Redoubt and the Wadi approach to it. Thomas Henry Ivers - No.5259, Sapper, 2nd Light Horse Signal Troop - 11 to 17 Reinforcements (October 1915 - April 1916), was born in November 1889 in Petersh
A landscape with dead trees, Turkish soldiers and dead animals. El Burj stands on a hill and fighting took place there during the bitter Judean winter, from 29 November to 1 December 1917, with the Au
Beersheba, was a heavily fortified town 43 km from the Turkish bastion of Gaza, and the scene of an historic charge by the 4th Light Horse Brigade on 31 October 1917. Lambert visited there in March 19
Depicts a sketch of four officers seated about a makeshift table on which are plates and mugs in an ancient cave or tomb. Between 18-22 February 1918 Lambert visited the 7th Light Horse regiment stati
