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Australia At War Drawings at the Front Book by Lieutenant Will DYSON

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Will DYSON

1918

Historical information

Australia at War Drawings at the Front by Lieutenant Will DYSON present observation of the life and conditions of Australian soldiers in the trenches during the First World War.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2019.3.1

Item type

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Width

249 mm

Height or length

350 mm

Depth

7 mm

Weight

559 g

Inscriptions and markings

Cover “AUSTRALIA AT WAR / DRAWINGS AT THE FRONT / BY LIEUT. / WILL DYSON / OFFICIAL ARTIST AIF / WITH / AN INTRODUCTION BY / G. K. CHESTERTON/ CECIL PALMER / AND HAYWARD”

Contextual information

‘In December 1916 he was commissioned by the Commonwealth as the first Australian war artist. While living with the Australian soldiers on the Western Front, Lieutenant Dyson was twice wounded but returned to continue producing his compassionate drawings of humanity under fire. A collection of these water-colour wash and crayon drawings, each with Dyson's interpretative text, was published in Australia at War (1918)’ Source: William Henry (Will) Dyson (1880–1938)
by Vane Lindesay

Keywords

First World War

William Henry 'Will' DYSON

Place made

Cecil Palmer & Hayward - First Edition
Oakley House Bloomsbury Street, LONDON W.C. 1

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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William Henry (Will) Dyson (1880–1938) by Vane Lindesay

Australia at War Drawing at the Front

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Tuesday, 12 August, 2025

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