Caricature of artist George Washington Lambert in full military uniform taking a salute / H. M. Bateman

V/362

fonds

approximately 1917-1920

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours

9660945

1 drawing - 44 x 62 cm - pencil and watercolour

Henry Mayo Bateman (1887-1970) was an Australian-born British humorous artist and cartoonist, noted for his "The Man Who..." series of cartoons, featuring comically exaggerated reactions to minor and usually upper-class social gaffes.

George Washington Lambert (1873-1930) was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait painting and as an official war artist attached to the AIF during World War 1. His work is held in many Australian galleries and libraries including the Art Gallery of NSW, Australian War Memorial, State Library of NSW and National Library of Australia.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Davidson Auctions, Australian & International Art, Sydney, 29/07/2018, Lot No. 317; Private Collection, Sydney Reference: Library correspondence file

Watercolour caricature drawing depicting Australian WWI official artist George Washington Lambert, who held an honorary commission as an officer and had no military experience, showing his ignorance of the correct response (a salute) when a soldier salutes him. Instead, he is offering to shake the soldier’s hand, the response of a civilian.

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Signed lower right corner: ‘H.M. Bateman’

Dated from the period Lambert was an official war artist.