Accession Number | ART02296.014 |
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Collection type | Art |
Measurement | mount: 63.2 x 75.8 cm; image: 43.8 x 55.6 cm |
Object type | |
Physical description | lithograph on paper |
Maker |
Dyson, William Henry |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
Date made | 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
The cookers near Villers-Bretonneux
Description
Depicts a field kitchen near Villers Bretonneux, Western Front, with cooks standing around a field kitchen preparing meal. Horse drawn wagons are passing by to the right of the kitchen, while a queue of soldiers appears on the left . This lithograph reflects Dyson's admiration for the 'support units striving to provide the infantry with basic comforts, together with his fascination with eccentric AIF cooks'. He suspected that the Australian units selected their cooks, not for their abilities as chefs but 'for the stories that can be told about them to other units' .