[study of two horses and two AIF soldiers for 'The Anzacs'] Accession Number: ART11389.011

Description

Horse and rider stop suddenly, the horse rears up while another stumbles beneath the hooves of the rearing horse. In the bottom right of the compositon, two Australian Infantry, one standing is coiling backward as the other lies in the ridge holding his rifle in preparation for action.

This was a study for 'The Anzacs' which was Lamberts entry in The Desert Mounted Corps Memorial competition and it commemorates all the Australian Mounted Divisions, the Australian Flying Corps and every other Australian and New Zealand unit and formation that served in Egypt, Palestine and Syria from 1916 to 1918.

Details

Accession Number
ART11389.011
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil
Measurement
Overall
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 1930
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Tags

More like this

[Study for 'The Anzacs']

Art ART11389.018 Period 1910-1919

A preparatory study for 'The Anzacs' using mutiple horse and figure composition. One horse is laying on the ground while another rests it's forequarters across it's girth. A horse from behind rears up

[Study for 'The Anzacs']

Art ART11389.016 Period 1910-1919

A soldier walks along the left side of a saddled horse. This is a study for the figure and horse that appears on 'The Anzacs', Lambert's entry in the Desert Mounted Corps memorial competition.

[Study for 'The Anzacs']

Art ART11389.014 Period 1910-1919

Studies that experiment with the plinth supporting 'The Anzacs', Lambert's entry for the Desert Mounted Corps memorial competition.

[study for 'The Anzacs']

Art ART11389.012 Period 1910-1919

A pencil study from side on for 'The Anzacs' (The Desert Mounted Corps Memorial competition) and it is a development of the last sketch (ART11389.011) with minor changes. It presents the figure groupi

[Studies for The Anzacs]

Art ART11389.010 Period 1910-1919

Several pencil studies that concentrate on the supine figure of the soldier with his gun at the ready which comprises part of the grouping of figures represented in the sculpture 'The Anzacs' which w

[Study for the Anzac Light Horse Memorial]

Art ART11389.015 Period 1910-1919

A horse is supporting it's weight on it's left front leg as it turns its head to the right while the rider is thrown across the back of the horse and to the left. The rider's back leg poised in the ai

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 3 July 2024 - 4.30 am