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George Lambert

'Self Portrait with Gladioli'

An examination of the life and times of George Lambert through the gesture and pose in his self portrait. 

George Lambert portrait story
Video: 1 minute

Images Courtesy: Australian War Memorial

Balcony of troopers' ward, 14th Australian General Hospital, Egypt, 1919 by George Lambert (ART02815)

The charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at the Nek, 7 August 1915 1924 by George Lambert (ART07965)

Australian official war artists 1916-1918, Australia: Victoria, 1920 by George Coates (ART15334)

Australian official war artists, Australia: Victoria, c.1920 by George Coates (ART50017)

The trooper and the maid, United Kingdom: England 1919 by George Lambert (ART92815)

Captain George W Lambert, Official Artist, sketching. Ruined buildings are in the foreground by Oswald (Ossie) Hillam Coulson, 1918

George Lambert with Horse by George Hubert Wilkins, 1919

Captain George W Lambert, Official Artist, sketching by Oswald (Ossie) Hillam Coulson, 1918

Anzac, from Gaba Tepe by George Lambert, 1919

Arthur Streeton by George Lambert, 1917

Charles E W Bean portrait by George Lambert, 1924

Anzacs Bathing by the Sea, date unknown by George Lambert

Video transcript

Self portrait with gladioli
Self portrait with gladioli, 1922 George Lambert.

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