The Lagnicourt guns

Place Europe: France
Accession Number ART02247
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 37.4 x 56.8 cm; image: 32 x 55.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description lithographic crayon and pencil on paper
Place made France
Date made c 1917
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 a number of Australian soldiers inspecting field guns and ordanance at rest on the battlefiled, at Lagnicourt. In April 1917 Germans attacked Lagnicourt and Noreuil, initially successful, but Australians, although outnumbered by about six to one, drove them out. 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.

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