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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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'....

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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