AWM Collection Record: ART02873
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ID Number: | ART02873 |
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| Title: | Anzac, the landing 1915 | ||
| Maker: | Lambert, George | ||
| Object type: | Painting | ||
| Place made: | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney | ||
| Date made: | 1920-1922 | ||
| Physical description: | oil on canvas | ||
| Measurements: | 190.5 cm x 350.5 cm | ||
| Summary: | Australian troops climbing a steep, rocky hillside at Gallipoli, the terrain prohibitive. Many of the soldiers are dead, or falling, and there are puffs of gun smoke in the sky. A narrow beach with two landing boats can be seen in the lower left of the image. The commission for this picture was placed in London but Lambert was not able to complete the painting until he returned to Australia. The Memorial paid 500 pounds for the painting. The colour sketch for 'Anzac, the landing' is held by the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. Drawings of figures for the composition are held by the Australian War Memorial. On 25 April 1915 Australian troops forged ashore. An initial error in landing them a mile too far north confronted them with steep, scrub-covered and defended heights, different from the gentle sopes which they had been briefed to expect. The crucial decision to advance was made and the troops climbed the precipitous heights of Ari Burnu, hauling themselves upwards by their rifle butts and the roots and stems of bushes, while Turkish fire rained down on them. The initial assault continued as daylight came., battlefield, casualties, corpses; 1st Australian Imperial Force, 3rd Brigade, Turkish Army; Australians landing at Anzac at dawn, climbing hills to go inland, ship's boats on beach, dead and wounded Australians and one dead Turkish soldier, ascending ridge to Plugge's Plateau, The Sphinx, Walker's Ridge and Baby 700 on skyline. | ||
| Copyright: | AWM copyright | ||
| Related subject: | Casualties; Military operations; Turkey | ||
| Related unit: | Anzac Division | ||
| Related place: | Ottoman Empire: Turkey; Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Gallipoli | ||
| Related conflict: | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Last-Modified: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:50:47 GMT
