Germany's change of tune

Cartoon of two men, a German and a Prussian, standing in front of blackboards, with a row of young children in the front. The Prussian man on the left wears a coat with a wide sash across his front and holds an upraised sword in his left hand. His stern and aggressive expression relates to the wording appearing on the blackboard behind him; 'Deutschland uber Alles!'. The German man on the right, wearing a coat, clasps his hands in front of him, sheds a tear and has angel wings protruding behind him. The text on the blackboard behind him reads; 'Poor persecuted Germany!' The drawing is for a cartoon that appeared in the 'Daily Sketch', published in London, 18 April 1916, p.4. The caption accompanying the cartoon when it was published read; 'The Class of 1913: How Prussia, the failure, is saving its face with the Class of 1916, the German people'. 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.