The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dust cover for scrapbook, depicting a war artist (likely to be Benson himself) in uniform sitting in what looks like a bomb crater, sketching a wounded or dead soldier on a drawing pad. The nonchalance of the artist pictured is amplified by the cigarette in his mouth, as one hand draws while the other supports his sketch pad. The artist's colour patch is visible on his left arm, that of the 4th Division Artillery. The wounded German soldier wears a faded blue uniform, his steel helmet lain beside him. Blood seeps from the bayonet rifle still in his chest. He lifts his head and gawks at the artist, tears roll down the side of his cheek almost in disbelief at the artist's detachment. The terrain around the two is brown and muddy suggesting the illustration depicts the Western Front.
Recto: an upside-down sketch of a horse's skull, alongside several notes by the artist. Verso: An upside-down drawing of a male Turkish soldier. While his face, shown in profile, is highly detailed an
Two portrait sketches appear on this page. The upper image depicts the portrait of a man with a hat by the artist Frederick Charles Bolton. The lower image depicts a portrait of a soldier in uniform a
Third page of the sketchbook titled 'The Buff Book, Liuet. G.W. Lambert, Official Artist A.I.F. Egypt' used by George Lambert during his trip to Egypt. Depicts a sketch of a soldier in uniform crouchi
Scrapbook leaf with a watercolour on artist's paper, depicting German prisoners marching from the Somme through the Reninghelst. Benson notes that Lieutenant W. Coleman of the 4th Light Horse is in ch
Artist's scrapbook comprising 56 pages with 143 drawings and watercolours from sketchbooks attached to leaves of the scrapbook with notes. The works describe the artist's travels from Australia to Eg
Depicts a seated soldier sketching, his face partially concealed by the brim of his hat. A rope in the foreground suggests he is on a troopship. Inscription on following page refers to this sketch, an