The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a cartoon of a donkey stuck in a water filled shell hole, while shell bursts and explosions can be seen on the horizon. This was one of three sketches Dyson gave to machine-gun officer J. C. Dunningham as a thank you for collecting one of Dyson's works from the officers' mess at Henencourt. Dyson had created a caricature of a German on the wall of the mess and Charles Bean requested it for the Memorial's collection. Dunningham arranged for part of the wall to be removed so that the caricature could be preserved. Dyson gave Dunningham this drawing along with ART16155 and ART16157 and Duningham donated all three to the Memorial in 1962. The cartoon from Henencourt is ART00766.
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.
Depicts a humorous caricature of soldier tramping through mud on the Western Front and dripping with rainwater. This was one of three sketches Dyson gave to machine-gun officer J. C. Dunningham as a t
Depicts a figure of a buxom middle aged woman, wearing high heels and carrying a book under her arm. She winks provocatively to someone behind her. This was one of three sketches Dyson gave to machine
Depicts a caricature of a German officer; he is depicted as overweight, and wearing a helmet and greatcoat. The painting was 'removed from a house used as an Officer's Mess in Henencourt 1917', north
A cartoon by Dyson commenting on government policies, particularly those associated with Kaiser Wilhelm II. The cartoon incorporates the figures of a German military man, with orders to 'sink or swim'
Depicts a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II climbing up a huge pile of human skulls, representing war dead, while smoking ruins appear in the background. Dyson's distinctive biting satire aimed at war a
Poster advertising an exhibition of Will Dyson's works, in Sydney, 1982. The poster features a caricature of Remington, carrying a box, with one hand wrappred around the shoulder of a buxom woman, pos