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  1. If my poor old Dad...

    Art

    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

  2. Isn't there any flamin, droughts in this country

    Art

    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

  3. German Judge and Jury

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    Depicts an elderly judge, wearing his robes and wig, with the German eagle resting on his head, holding a piece of crumpled paper in his hand. Opposite him is a German officer, in uniform, wearing a h...

    ART02289

  4. Will Dyson: 24th August to 18th September 1982

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    Maker: WOOLLOOMOOLOO : THE PRINT ROOM, 1982

    Poster advertising an exhibition of Will Dyson's works, in Sydney, 1982. The poster features a caricature of Remington, carrying a box, with one hand wrappred around the shoulder of a buxom woman, pos...

    ARTV08843

  5. Another scrap of paper

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    Depicts the figure of the god of war, Mars, standing astride a canon and tearing up a piece of paper, a deed, on which is written ; 'I, Mars, God of War, hereby do promise To Germany Kingship over all...

    ART02424

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. The Camp Mascot

    Art

    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

  12. Digger

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    Maker: Crozier, Frank

    Depicts a portrait of an Australian soldier in a full battle kit. Painted by Will Dyson and Frank Crozier in collaboration.

    ART15473

  13. Dynamite diplomatists

    Art

    Depicts the figures of two German men; one is standing and crying, while the other is seated at a desk, writing in a ledger book. The text accompanying this cartoon, when it was published in the 'Dail...

    ART02415

  14. 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

  15. Traffic Control

    Art

    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

  16. The scarecrow: 'It's a bloomin' civvy!'

    Art

    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

  17. Rations: 'Seen any of our mob about?'

    Art

    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

  18. 2nd Tunnellers Cookhouse at Nieuport

    Art

    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

  19. Moquet Farm, Pozieres

    Art

    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

  20. The Freedom of the Ceasar

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    Depicts the figure of Julius Ceasar, emperor (in the guise of a German officer) standing on top of a dais, surveying the scene before him of the sinking and bombing of a ship and the drowning of a num...

    ART02254

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