Camp scene Accession Number: ART19326

Description

Depicts a camp sketch with tents and mess equipment. Soldiers participate in a variety of activities. Lambert was in the Middle East from 13 January 918 to June 1918 and with C.E.W. Bean on Historical Mission to Gallipoli from Feb to March 1919. He then revisited Palestine. During the 1920s heworked on AWM commissions. This work was possibly drawn at Moascar, north Egypt, where Lambert was located in July 1919.

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Accession Number
ART19326
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
sheet: 23.3 x 30.4 cm (irreg.)
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1920
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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