Contours, south of France Accession Number: ART02728

Description

Depicts a landscape with farm buildings and trees foreground, steep cliffs in the background. George Lambert travelled by train through France and Italy en route to Palestine in 1918. He made a visual note of the passing landscape with a quick outline of the topography and a few stokes to indicate trees and houses: "Contours south of France. Sketched in passing from train. Very impressive landscape hereabouts. We are all feeling a bit cleaner & better."

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Accession Number
ART02728
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on cartridge paper
Measurement
sheet and image: 19.1 cm x 30.4 cm
Medium
pencil on cartridge paper
Date Made
January 1918
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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