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George Judah Cohen, 1925
George Lambert
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the National Australia Bank 2002
George Lambert
'Self Portrait with Gladioli'
Portrait story
An examination of the life and times of George Lambert through the gesture and pose in his self portrait.
George Lambert
Biography
George Lambert (1873–1930), artist, was born in St Petersburg and lived in Germany and England before coming to Australia with his family at the age of fourteen.
7 portraits in the collection
Self portrait with gladioli, 1922
George Lambert
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John Schaeffer AO 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
George Lambert in London, c. 1912
Alf Vincent
Portrait, pen and ink, brush and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
George Lambert, c. 1928
Annie May Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Henry Fullwood (Uncle Remus), 1919
George Lambert
Portrait, pencil on paper
Gift of Denis Savill 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Courage, Self-analysis and Skill
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2002
The story behind George Lambert's Self-portrait with Gladioli.
Facing Facts
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003
Former NPG Director, Andrew Sayers describes the 1922 Self-portrait with Gladioli by George Lambert.
Money and swat
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2007
Andrew Sayers discusses the real cost of George Lambert's Self portrait with gladioli 1922.
Marcie Elizabeth Wilson, 1922
George Lambert
Portrait, pencil on paper
Gift of the Simpson family in memory of Caroline Simpson OAM 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The sculptor (George Lambert and Arthur Murch), c. 1929
Harold Cazneaux
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2015
'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, page 2
Unknown artist Publisher Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Image
'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, 1882
an unknown artist, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Portrait, engravings on paper
Purchased 2009
The Australasian Federal Convention at Sydney, 1884
The Graphic
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2015
George Gittoes - last sitting before Peshawar, 2007
George Fetting
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2008