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  1. Mind Asserting its almost Devilish Superiority over Matter [JJW Herbertson]

    Art

    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

  2. The other virgin of Albert

    Art

    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

  3. Any orders today, Sire?

    Art

    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

  4. The sink on sight order

    Art

    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

  5. Australia at War: Drawings at the Front

    Art

    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

  6. The amateur (`Who's cutting this hair, you or me?')

    Art

    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

  7. The veteran who did not tell the truth about his age

    Art

    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

  8. The Last bit of the German trench on the Somme

    Art

    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

  9. Towards Lagnicourt

    Art

    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

  10. Columbia to the Kaiser

    Art

    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

  11. [Prussian officer and man with air raid in progress]

    Art

    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

  12. After the Zeppelin raids

    Art

    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

  13. Small Talk

    Art

    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

  14. Going up again

    Art

    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

  15. Near Cosy Corner

    Art

    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

  16. The mate (In memory of W..., Machine Gun Company, Messines Ridge)

    Art

    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

  17. The Wild Colonial Boy

    Art

    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

  18. Dead beat, the tunnel, Hill 60

    Art

    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

  19. Derelict (one of the original tanks blown out near Thiepval)

    Art

    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

  20. The garden at V... after Bapaume

    Art

    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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