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With the Light Horse in Egypt

George W. LAMBERT
With the Light Horse in Egypt
 1918

Medium
oil on canvas

Measurements
71.0 × 91.2 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944

Gallery location
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia

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Artwork Details

Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: G W L / 1918.

Accession Number
1416-4

Department
Australian Painting

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Subjects (general)
History and Legend Military and Warfare Violence

Subjects (specific)
artillery (firearms) battles casualties cavalries Egypt (nation) horse (species) martial arms World War I (global war, 1914-1918)

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