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  1. 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

  2. Digger

    Art

    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

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    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

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    [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

  5. 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

  6. At the Casualty Clearing Station

    Art

    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

    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

  11. 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

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    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

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    German Officer and lady with menu card

    Art

    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

    Art

    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

  15. 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

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    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

  17.

    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

  18.

    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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    Vaulx Wood waggon post

    Art

    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

  20. 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

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