Brief Biography-George Washington Lambert was born in Saint Petersburg in 1873 and emigrated to Australia from England with his mother and sisters in 1887. He was a pupil at the Sydney Julian Ashton Art School before visiting London and exhibiting at the Royal Academy. Lambert was an official war artist for the Australian government at Gallipoli and spent most of his time working out of London until 1921. He became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1922 and achieved much success in Melbourne, receiving awards for his work.