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Mind Asserting its almost Devilish Superiority over Matter [JJW Herbertson]
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Maker: Dyson, William Henry
Dyson depicts a captured German soldier being interrogated by JJW Herbertson, an English captain that was attached to General Birdwood's 1st ANZAC Corps Intelligence. This cartoon was created by Dyson...ART93273
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If my poor old Dad...
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Depicts a cartoon of a donkey stuck in a water filled shell hole, while shell bursts and explosions can be seen on the horizon. This was one of three sketches Dyson gave to machine-gun officer J. C. D...ART16156
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Isn't there any flamin, droughts in this country
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Depicts a humorous caricature of soldier tramping through mud on the Western Front and dripping with rainwater. This was one of three sketches Dyson gave to machine-gun officer J. C. Dunningham as a t...ART16157
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The other virgin of Albert
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Maker: Dyson, William Henry
Depicts a figure of a buxom middle aged woman, wearing high heels and carrying a book under her arm. She winks provocatively to someone behind her. This was one of three sketches Dyson gave to machine...ART16155
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The amateur (`Who's cutting this hair, you or me?')
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Depicts two Australian soldiers outside their billet in France, one cutting the other's hair in a rough and awkward manner. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front d...ART02434
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Australian Trench Mortar 'possy' in Treux
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Depicts a badly damaged building at Treaux or Ville-sur-Ancre in April 1918. Dyson titled this work 'Street at ....Trench Mortar Posee, Treux or Ville-sur-Ancre'. Will Dyson was the first Australian o...ART02414
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Shelled steamroller near Fricourt
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Depicts a damaged steamroller, leaning on its side, in a snow covered landscape. The steamroller was observed by Dyson near Fricourt. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit t...ART02335
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Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts a landscape view of the region of Ville-sur-Ancre, with Dyson noting that the image shows 'the day after taking- from a hopping off point'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war art...ART02348
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Pozieres, 1916
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Depicts the war damaged landscape at Pozieres, France, in 1916, with the ruins of a building in the background. Dyson drew this work of the Pozieres battlefield towards Christmas of 1916, showing the ...ART09911
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The Last bit of the German trench on the Somme
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Depicts a German trench with the remains of debris, shells and duckboards on the Somme. Dyson wrote that this scene was of 'the last bit of the German trench on the Somme, drawn immediately after the ...ART09921
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Towards Lagnicourt
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Depicts a soldier seated in a trench, wearing a steel helmet, while explosions can be seen on the horizon. Dyson noted that this scene was of 'communication trench in the neighbourhood of Lagnicourt'....ART09922
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Caterpillar Gully, Mametz Road, Somme
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Depicts a war damaged landscape with a roadway winding through it. Dyson wrote that this scene depicted, 'Caterpillar Gully, Mametz Road, Somme, 1917'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war...ART09932
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The Camp Mascot
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Depicts a soldier seated next to a small boy, who is playing with a box. Dyson originally titled this work 'The Camp Mascot. Domesticity near Poperinghe'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official ...ART02390
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At the Casualty Clearing Station
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Depicts an officer seated at a table, his chin resting on his folded hands. Behind him is room full of wounded soldiers, some lying down, others seated and resting. Dyson noted that this work depicted...ART02336
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Near Cosy Corner
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Depicts a soldier chopping firewood near a camp, with tents, washing on the line near the tent and snow in the background. 'Cosy Corner' was a traffic control point on the Somme, leading to access to...ART02394
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The Wild Colonial Boy
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Depicts the body of an unidentified soldier, lying supine on the ground in a war damaged landscape, while shell bursts can be seen in the background. In Dyson's large collection of war works, this is ...ART02305
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Derelict (one of the original tanks blown out near Thiepval)
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Depicts an armoured vehicle, a wrecked British Mark 1 tank, in a war damaged landscape, with its rear wheels being stripped for salvaged metal. Dyson noted that this work depicted 'One of the first ta...ART02338
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Traffic Control
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Depicts a standing figure of a soldier wearing a greatcoat and boots, holding a kerosene lantern. He stands in a roadway. Dyson titled this work 'Traffic Control Somme 1917'. Behind him is another sol...ART02398
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German Officer and lady with menu card
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Depicts a caricature of a German officer in his dress uniform, wearing a sash and leather boots standing behind a plump and buxom woman, who looks affectionately up towards him, while holding menu car...ART11658
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10th Machine Gun Company Headquarters
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Depicts a view into the entrance of the 10th Machine Gun Company Headquarters on the Western Front, with duckboards, barbed wire and debris in front of it, in a war damaged landscape. Dyson wrote that...ART09926
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The scarecrow: 'It's a bloomin' civvy!'
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Depicts two soldiers, one wearing a tin helmet and rain cloak, the other with a bandaged head, encountering a scarecrow in a field. A wrecked and overturned canon appears in the background. The irony...ART02429
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Small Talk
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Depicts two soldiers lying in a bomb crater, in a war damaged landscape, having a conversation. The full title Dyson gave to this painting was; 'Small Talk: "No Brig., I says/ send me back to the/ boy...ART02430
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Going up again
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Depicts a group of weary soldiers standing in a war damaged landscape, re-equipping themselves after a rest period, with the intention of heading again to the Front Line. Dyson's full title for this w...ART02433
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The garden at V... after Bapaume
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Depicts a number of soldiers standing near cannons, in front of an old French building and trees. On 17 March 1917 Australian troops entered Bapaume and Dyson followed them closely, creating a number ...ART02216
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Rations: 'Seen any of our mob about?'
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Depicts a soldier, carrying a large rucksack on his back, delivering food rations to a lonely, seated soldier. The soldier delivering food asks the seated soldier if he has 'seen any of our mob about...ART02432
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2nd Tunnellers Cookhouse at Nieuport
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Depicts the figure of a cook, with his sleeves rolled up, standing in the doorway of the 'Cook House', in the cellars of Nieuport. Behind him, in the cellar, can be seen a table with pots and tins on ...ART02402
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Moquet Farm, Pozieres
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Depicts war damaged landscape at Moquet Farm, near Pozieres, France, with debris and smashed tree in the foreground and entrance to German reinforced dugout in background. The scene was drawn by Dyson...ART09910
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The damaged plane, CCS at Vaux [Horses and ruined buildings] (verso)
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In 1916 artist Will Dyson travelled to the Western Front to capture the experience of Australian soldiers first hand. Here he records a damaged BE2e aircraft which has landed at a casualty clearing st...ART02279
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Dr Doyle, 8th Battalion, making out honours recommendations in the Swan area, Ypres
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Depicts a portrait of Dr. Doyle, seated on a duffle bag or pack, writing names down on a note pad. Dyson noted that this work was of 'Doctor Doyle of the 8th Battalion making out recommendations for h...ART09923
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Eternal waiting
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Depicts three soldiers, two sitting on ground, all wearing great coats and waterproof capes and carrying full kit. This drawing was originally intended by Dyson as a battalion Christmas card, and he w...ART02303
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Aid post near Doyle's Post
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Depicts a soldier walking along a snow covered road, towards the damaged remains of a post, with a gate and road sign nearby. The image was created by Dyson on the 'morning of second Messines offensiv...ART02330
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Madame
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Depicts a portrait of a young French woman, sitting, with her head on her hand. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling to Fra...ART02392
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A sketch made in France in 1916
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Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a soldier, wearing a steel helmet. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling to France ...ART19770
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France, 1917
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Maker: Lindsay, Daryl Ernest
The work depicts a transportation line of the 22nd Australian Army Service Corps [3rd Division] with two planes flying above. The work is in a loose watercolour style similar to that of Will Dyson's -...ART93182
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Near Behencourt
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Depicts a view of the landscape, with roadway leading to the small village of Behencourt, France, which is in the background of the scene. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to vi...ART02381
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Tommies staging in the tunnels (In the Tunnel- Hill 60)
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Depicts an image of soldiers from the British Army, possibly the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) sleeping in tunnels. The 'Vine Street' sign on wall refers to street of that name in London. The e...ART02246.003
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Tommies staging in the tunnels (In the Tunnel- Hill 60)
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Depicts an image of soldiers from the British Army, possibly the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) sleeping in tunnels. The 'Vine Street' sign on wall refers to street of that name in London. The e...ART02246.012
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The cook
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Depicts the figure of a battalion cook, his pipe in his mouth, leaning in the doorway of a kitchen. Dyson had a "fascination with eccentric A.I.F. cooks" and greatly admired the AIF support units who ...ART02304
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Tommies staging in the tunnels (In the Tunnel- Hill 60)
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Depicts an image of soldiers from the British Army, possibly the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) sleeping in tunnels. The 'Vine Street' sign on wall refers to street of that name in London. The e...ART02246.002
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Company awaiting relief, the Caterpillar, near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts a number of soldiers in uniform, wearing helmets, resting on the road side awaiting relief. The 'caterpillar' in the title refers to the name of a sunken road south of Ville. Dyson inspected V...ART02250.003
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Company awaiting relief, the Caterpillar, near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts a number of soldiers in uniform, wearing helmets, resting on the road side, awaiting relief. The 'caterpillar' in the title refers to the name of a sunken road south of Ville. Dyson inspected ...ART02250.002
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Tommies staging in the tunnels (In the Tunnel- Hill 60)
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Depicts an image of soldiers from the British Army, possibly the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) sleeping in tunnels. The 'Vine Street' sign on wall refers to street of that name in London. The e...ART02246.004
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Company awaiting relief, the Caterpillar, near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts a number of soldiers in uniform, wearing helmets, resting on the road side, awaiting relief. The 'caterpillar' in the title refers to the name of a sunken road south of Ville. Dyson inspected ...ART02250.001
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Company awaiting relief, the Caterpillar, near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts a number of soldiers in uniform, wearing helmets, resting on the road side, awaiting relief. The 'caterpillar' in the title refers to the name of a sunken road south of Ville. Dyson inspected ...ART02250.010
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Tommies staging in the tunnels (In the Tunnel- Hill 60)
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Depicts an image of soldiers from the British Army, possibly the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) sleeping in tunnels. The 'Vine Street' sign on wall refers to street of that name in London. The e...ART02246.010
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Jack and his offsider
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Depicts two soldiers, wearing long coats and tin helmets, with one standing and one seated. The two soldiers are waiting for their rations. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to v...ART02263
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The Siege lamp, High Wood
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Depicts a uniformed soldier, wearing a tin hat, and holding a lit match standing in a war damaged landscape about to light a siege lamp. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visi...ART02243
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Opposite my billet, Rue d'Au
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Depicts a view of the back of a man, wearing a cloak and hat, looking up towards the face of a young woman, who peers out of a loft window at him. The window is above an old barber's shop with a tiled...ART02203
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Road near Ribemont
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Depicts several soldiers walking along a road near Ribemont, in the French countryside, with hills in the background during the Summer of 1918. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist ...ART09907
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Dressing a wounded runner, Hill 60
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Depicts several soldiers, either kneeling or standing, around a runner who is having a wound bandaged. The soldiers and the wounded man are inside a tunnel at Hill 60, near Ypres in August 1917. Will ...ART02404
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Breakfast at Ypres
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Depicts three soldiers, two sitting and one standing, around a small brazier preparing breakfast, near Ypres in France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front durin...ART02314
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Back with the 'Heads', Querrieu
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Depicts a Nissan hut and other buildings beside a road, in a French landscape. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling to Fran...ART02327
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Refugees after German offensive
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Depicts a French man and women viewed from the rear, carrying their belongings, with their cow walking behind them. The man and woman are refugees, driven from their homes by the German offensive on t...ART02317
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Along the Bapaume Road
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Depicts a convoy of covered trucks, carrying soldiers, moving along the Bapaume Road, France. A number of soldiers, carrying accessories and packs are walking along following the trucks. Will Dyson wa...ART02387
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Sentry on duty at Brigade Headquarters, Fricourt
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Depicts the figure of a soldier in uniform, wearing a tin helmet, and holding a rifle with a bayonet attached, standing on sentry duty in a war damaged landscape at Fricourt, France. Will Dyson was th...ART02407
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Near Henencourt
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Depicts a landscape with trees and people on a road, near Henencourt, France in 1918. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling ...ART02342
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Delville Wood, looking towards Flers
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Depicts the war damaged and bomb blasted landscape of Delville Wood, looking towards Flers on the horizon. In the foreground are the remains of a number of damaged trees and some barbed wire. Will Dys...ART02242
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Domestic scene in the Somme
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Depicts a number of soldiers seated, resting, reading or drinking near two tents in the French countryside, near the Somme. The soldiers are probably members of a salvage company operating on the dese...ART09908
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Mud lane, Gueudecourt
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Depicts a mud laneway leading round Gueudecourt, after the German retreat of 1917, with a war damaged landscape with smashed trees. In the background are a Nissen hut and pieces of sheet metal. Will D...ART09918
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Evening, Crucifix Corner near Flers
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Depicts a badly war damaged landscape in the evening, with debris in the foreground and smashed trees in the background. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front duri...ART09928
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German prisoners near Messines
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Depicts a standing Australian soldier guarding two German soldiers seated on the ground. One of the seated soldiers wears a German Field Cap, while the soldier on the right has a bandaged head and han...ART02214
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In Bapaume the day after its occupation
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Depicts two soldiers, wearing waterproof capes and tin helmets, apprehensively walking through wreckage of the town of Bapaume in March 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to...ART02318
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Yanks and a veteran ('As long as you are there to tell us what to do!')
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Depicts a young soldier, wearing a tin helmet and carrying a rifle, standing talking to two other soldiers, in the trenches. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...ART02426
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Not afraid of the Boche (An old French peasant who remained at work in the forward area)
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Depicts an elderly and unidentified French peasant woman pushing a handcart filled with straw past line of marching soldiers. The term 'Boche' in the title refers to French derogatory slang at the ti...ART02406
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Ribemont sugar refinery
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Depicts a soldier in the foreground, carrying a sheet of corrugated iron above his head. In the background are badly damaged buildings, including a large column. Will Dyson was the first Australian of...ART02375
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From an Australian Battalion Headquarters in Marrett Wood
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Depicts a view of a landscape, with a winding road, trees, piles of debris and a seated and standing soldier from the Australian Battalion's Headquarters in Marriot Wood, France. Will Dyson was the fi...ART02365
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Early morning on the Bazentin Road
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Depicts a road winding through a war damaged landscape in France, with smashed trees along the edge. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World W...ART02345
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Gas cases in the 3rd Field Ambulance, Aresnes- Bapaume
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Depicts several tents at the 3rd Field Ambulance Hospital, at night. Inside the tent in the foreground can be seen gas attack patients lying on portable beds. Will Dyson was the first Australian offic...ART02385
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Sunset near Ligny Thilloy
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Depicts a war damaged landscape, denuded of trees at sunset. A road way, leading to Ligny Thilloy, winds through the landscape to the right of the scene. The landscape is that immediately after the fa...ART09909
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Switch trench, the Somme
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Depicts a soldier standing in a trench on duckboards, in the Somme, with a war damaged landscape in the background. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during th...ART09929
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Civilian cemetery on the Somme battlefield
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Depicts a war damaged and smashed tree and a number of broken tombstones in the civilian cemetery on the Somme battlefield, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the...ART02358
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Gun pit, wet day, Hill 60
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Depicts a field gun in a trench, under a temporary shelter, covered with a tarpaulin, in August 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World ...ART02388
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Mending the wires at Wolff huts, Pozieres
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Depicts several Australian soldiers mending communication wires and power poles in a war damaged landscape in Pozieres. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front durin...ART02260
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Cease firing, enemy aeroplanes above
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Depicts a group of officers standing near an 8-inch howitzer gun in a war damaged landscape. They have ceased firing and one officer looks upwards, and indication of an aeroplane firing overhead. The ...ART02230
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Back at the waggon lines comparing souvenirs
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Depicts four soldiers standing around looking at their souvenirs collected during the war, including bayonets and a small gun. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the fron...ART02220
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A Nissen hut camp on the Somme
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Depicts a camp site on the Somme in 1917, consisting of a number of Nissen huts, piles of supplies, a rubbish dump and men working on a power pole. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war art...ART02367
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The batman (Compree washing madame)
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Depicts an Australian soldier leaning against a doorway with a bundle of dirty laundry at his feet, talking to a civilian French woman and asking her if she will do his washing for him. Will Dyson was...ART02431
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Wintery day on the Somme
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Depicts a soldier in uniform, wearing a great coat, standing at the entrance of a dugout, with a kerosene lamp hanging near the door, looking out onto a snowy winter landscape on the Somme in December...ART02411
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Traffic control near Baizieux
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Depicts an Australian soldier mounted on a horse standing in a road way, in front of another soldier, who wears a long coat. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...ART02369
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Hill 60
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Depicts a landscape, with Hill 60 in the background, and the entrance to the Australian Brigade Headquarters in the foreground. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the fro...ART02329
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On the Road
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Depicts a large number of soldiers, with horses, supplies and a portable kitchen, walking up a road. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World W...ART02319
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Reporting at the Battery
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Depicts two soldiers entering the tent of an Officer in Charge after returning from Forward Observation Post, reporting back to their battery. The Officer in Charge has been woken at night and sits up...ART02277
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The Lagnicourt guns
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Depicts a number of Australian soldiers inspecting field guns and ordanance at rest on the battlefiled, at Lagnicourt. In April 1917 Germans attacked Lagnicourt and Noreuil, initially successful, but ...ART02247
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Near Mametz
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Depicts an unidentified soldier, wearing greatcoat and cape and carrying protective (tin) helmet, standing near the trunk of a war damaged tree near Mametz, on the Western Front. Will Dyson was the f...ART02207
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The Shack, Trone's Wood
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Depicts a soldier, wearing a tin helmet, sitting forlornly under the edge of a shelter. Beside him is a standing figure, wearing a protective rain coat. Will Dyson was the first Australian official wa...ART02420
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A night march past Querrieu
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Depicts a large number of troops marching along a roadway, as part of a march past, at night, under moonlight near Querrieu, France in April 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti...ART02413
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Back with the Civilians
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Depicts a seated soldier, in the foreground, observing a young French woman, who wears a head scarf. Behind them are the war damaged buildings of a French village. Will Dyson made the work in the Somm...ART02403
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War weariness ('Ain't this bloomin' war over yet?')
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Depicts a soldier sitting near the entrance steps to a cellar, near an improvised heater. The painting makes comments on 'the heroism of endurance'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war ar...ART02425
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3rd Machine Gun Battalion headquarters, Ribemont
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Depicts a landscape, with a large tree and fields, with the small figures of men and horses in the foreground. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the Fir...ART02357
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Abandoned gun pit outside Flers
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Depicts an abandoned gun pit with sandbags, barbed wire and a wooden infrastructure, outside Flers about January 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during...ART09920
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On the road to Nieuport
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Depicts a war-damaged landscape with broken trees, destroyed artillery and an upturned, broken cart near Nieuport, Belgium. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front d...ART02205
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[Digger lying on his stomach] verso: [Reclining officer with spyglass]
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Depicts an image of an Australian digger in uniform lying on his stomach on the ground, observed from behind. On the verso is an image of an officer, seated on the ground, looking through a spyglass o...ART19710
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The misery of rest camps
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Depicts two Australian soldiers at rest inside a tent. They are huddling in the tent while it rains outside somewhere on the Western Front, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war art...ART02240.003
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Albert
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Depicts an image of the French village of Albert in December 1916. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling to France in Decemb...ART02401
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Unloading the wounded from ambulance at ACCS
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Depicts a field ambulance being unloaded by a number of men from the rear of the ambulance. Behind the ambulance are a number of hospital tents. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist...ART02264
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Peace at Martinpiuch
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Depicts a scene of a battlefield with war damaged trees in the left background, a damaged truck and a resting cannon. Martinpiuch is in north -western France, close to the Somme battlefield. Will Dyso...ART02204
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Exchanging furphies
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Depicts two soldiers, one standing and one seated, in front of a large tent. The seated soldier is pulling something out of a bag on the ground. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist...ART02259
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Looking for the battalion
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Depicts two soldiers with full kit walking along a road, within a war damaged landscape, somewhere along the Western Front, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the...ART02239
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Entrance to Mouquet Farm dugouts
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Depicts the entrance, with wooden poles, covered in snow to the Mouquet Farm dugouts in France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, t...ART02219
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Abandoned trench, the Somme
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Depicts an abondoned trench on the Somme. The trench is in the foreground, with smashed trees on the edge and there are Nissan huts and tents in the background. The portion of the trench depicted is p...ART09912