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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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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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Any orders today, Sire?
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Depicts the dejected figure of Kaiser Wilhelm II slumped in his throne, overshadowed by the huge winged figure of Death, a skeleton wearing a robe and carrying a sickle. This cartoon was published in ...ART02418
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The sink on sight order
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Depicts a cartoon by Dyson commenting on government policies, particularly those associated with Kaiser Wilhelm II. The cartoon incorporates the figures of a German military man, with orders to 'sink...ART02237
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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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Australia at War: Drawings at the Front
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Maker: Cecil Palmer & Hayward Ltd. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Ltd.
Advertising poster depicting an Australian soldier in uniform, wearing a steel helmet and carrying a full pack. The poster was produced in London to advertise Will Dyson's publication 'Australia at Wa...ARTV03826
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The veteran who did not tell the truth about his age
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Depicts an elderly soldier, in uniform, in a tent sitting on box beside his camp bed. Will Dyson drew this image of a veteran at Etaples in December 1916. Will Dyson was the first Australian official ...ART02399
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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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Columbia to the Kaiser
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Depicts the figures of a Prussian officer, holding his helmet in his left hand, the female figure of Columbia, standing holding a sword and the female figure of Humanity, with wings and a small child ...ART02417
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After the Zeppelin raids
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Depicts a German family scene, consisting of a mother, holding baby and scolding a small child for disturbing her father. The father, a German officer in uniform, slumps wearily in a chair. The captio...ART02294
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[Prussian officer and man with air raid in progress]
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Depicts a figure of a Prussian officer and a man, possibly the British Prime Minister, standing on top of a hill, with surprised expressions on their faces, while airplanes circle around them and over...ART02423
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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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The mate (In memory of W..., Machine Gun Company, Messines Ridge)
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Depicts an Australian soldier carving a cross with an ornate rising sun for his fallen mate. Dyson witnessed this event on August 1st, 1917 on Messines Ridge, near Ypres in Belgium. Will Dyson was the...ART02231
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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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Dead beat, the tunnel, Hill 60
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Depicts an exhausted Australian soldier wearing full kit and greatcoat, sleeping in a tunnel during the Third Battle of Ypres. Indistinct figures of two other soldiers seen in the background. Dyson, a...ART02210
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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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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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Vaulx Wood waggon post
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Depicts four stretcher bearers carrying wounded soldier towards an ambulance, near a wood in north western France. The stretcher bearers on the left are wearing leather leggings, so are probably the d...ART02208
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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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Stepping stones to higher things
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Depicts a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II climbing up a huge pile of human skulls, representing war dead, while smoking ruins appear in the background. Dyson's distinctive biting satire aimed at war a...ART02265
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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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Captain Wilkins operating a cinema machine, Hindenburg Line
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Depicts Captain George Hubert Wilkins, official war photographer, viewed from behind, standing in a war damaged landscape behind a cinema camera, near the Hindenberg Line in France. Dyson noted that t...ART09914
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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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Gibralter (A German strong post at Pozieres)
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Depicts a war grave and ruins of a German strong point known as ''Gibralter", finally taken by Australians on the Western Front in 1918. Dyson was on the Pozieres battlefields in April 1917 and August...ART02306
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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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Mirages to order
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Maker: Land & Water
This cartoon was published in 'Land and Water' 4 December 1915, in London, and comments on the German idea that the East had been made to take the place of Paris, Calais and Petrograd, Russia as the '...ART02421
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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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A reputation befouled
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Maker: Daily News
Depicts the cartoon published in the London 'Daily News', 26 October 1915, commenting on the execution of Edith Cavell, a British nurse accused by the Germans of being a spy. The slumped and bloodied ...ART02419
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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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War to save German culture
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"War to save German Culture" was subtitled 'Goethe, Beethoven, Wagner - in humble chorus - "How, Oh Saviour Krupp, how can we ever thank thee!"'. Will Dyson has depicted the figure of Krupp seated on ...ART19898
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Kaiser and Germania
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Depicts two figures, either Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Josef or 'Germania' and Wilhelm. The thin, elderly figure on the right may also represent the declining Austro-Hungarian empire gazing ...ART02292
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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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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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Coming out on the Somme
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This work is from Dyson's early battlefield observations. It shows exhausted Australian troops, draped in waterproof sheets, plodding through the rain and mud as they reach Montauban, a ruined village...ART02276
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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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Old German front line outside Pozieres
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Depicts an image of the war damaged landscape of the German frontline near Pozieres, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, trav...ART02213
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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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Writing to catch the home mail
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Depicts two soldiers from the 4th Australian Division sitting near billets writing letters in the Somme during winter 1917. One is wearing a greatcoat and scarf. Will Dyson was the first Australian of...ART02397
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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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Going up to the line near Vaux
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Depicts war damaged landscape near Vaux, the Somme with a line of soldiers with full kit returning to the front line, in the summer of 1918. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to ...ART02272
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Sunrise at Gueudecourt
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Depicts a war damaged landscape at Guedecourt, France, at sunrise with remnants of buildings and smashed trees. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the Fi...ART02232
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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