In the Switch Trench near Flers

Places
Accession Number ART02361
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 44.7 x 59 cm; sheet: 26.4 x 43.6 cm; image: 25.5 x 43 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description crayon on paper
Place made France
Date made 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts an image of part of a switch trench, with duckboards and sandbags, and a soldier wearing a tin helmet in the foreground, near Flers, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling to France in December 1916, remaining there until May 1917, making records of the Australian involvement in the war. He was formally appointed as an official war artist, attached to the AIF, in May 1917, working in France and London throughout the war. His commission was terminated in March 1920.