R 344/4
Bronze with silk ribbon
When Lambert first arrived in Egypt in January 1918 he wrote ‘I am ridiculously happy. Already I have done three pieces of work and everywhere I look there are glorious pictures, magnificent men and real top-hole Australian horses.’
In G.W. Lambert, A.R.A. (Thirty years of an artist’s life) by Amy Lambert, 1938
'Lambert, with the golden beard, the hat, the cloak, the spurs, the gait, the laugh and the conviviality of a cavalier'.
Charles Bean
' ... essentially a talented craftsman who gave his greatest love to his work and his horses ... '
Bernard Smith
The Victory Medal was an Imperial Award (issued by Great Britain).
When
George Lambert enlisted he was married with two sons, he was a naturalized
British subject aged 45 years and stated his ‘trade or calling’ as artist.
On the Attestation Paper of Persons enlisted for Service Abroad Lambert’s contact address was given as Chelsea Arts Club, 143 Church Street, Chelsea, London.
George Washington Lambert enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 13 December 1917 as an Honorary Captain. As an artist he was not allotted to a unit.
Lambert
married Amelia Beatrice (Amy) Absell, a retoucher, on 4 September 1900 at St
Thomas Church, North Sydney. Two days later they sailed for England.
(Lambert) 'was, I think, more sensitive than the rest of us to the tragedy — or at any rate the horror — of Anzac'.
Charles Bean
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