| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART19791 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | sheet: 55.6 x 33.2 cm; image: 48.6 x 31 cm (irregular) |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pen and ink with pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Lindsay, Norman |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
The dangerous years
Description
Depicts a male figure dressed in a female Roman warrior outfit. The figure is holding the Kaiser in a headlock and a spear in the other hand which is dripping with blood.
Accompanied by the text 'The Dangerous Year (in the fourth year of marriage, ' And do you still love me as you did before we married?') the figures represent Bellona the Roman goddess of war and the German ruler Kaiser Wilhelm II. As a figurative works it is a commentary on the hold the war has over the German ruler and the influence it is having over his ability to govern.
Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) was a painter, draughtsman, illustrator, cartoonist, printmaker, writer and sculptor. He joined the Sydney 'Bulletin' magazine as a staff artist, 1901-09, 1910-23 and 1932-58. During the First World War he produced jingoistic cartoons and pro-conscription posters. Published in the Sydney 'Bulletin' magazine on 16 August 1917, this illustration is part of the series of war cartoons Norman Lindsay generated during the First World War.