AWM Collection Record: ART19662
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ID Number: | ART19662 |
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| Title: | A voice from Anzac | ||
| Maker: | Dyson, Will | ||
| Object type: | Drawing | ||
| Place made: | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne | ||
| Date made: | 1927 | ||
| Physical description: | brush and ink with pencil heightened with white on paper | ||
| Measurements: | 63.2 cm x 50.4 cm | ||
| Summary: | Depicts two ghostly figures of soldiers seated on a rock in front of Anzac Beach at Gallipoli. The soldiesr hold their rifles and look wistfully and melancholically out towards the viewer. They are bathed in a glowing light. One thousand copies of this work were produced to present to the Victorian Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League for distribution to ex-soldiers requesting reproductions during the 1920s. The work was also reproduced in the Melbourne 'Herald' on 25 April 1927. Will Dyson was the first Australian 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. Dyson was appointed 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. | ||
| Copyright: | Copyright expired - public domain; Copyright expired | ||
| Related subject: | Personal equipment (Military); Rifles; Soldiers | ||
| Related unit: | 1st Australian Imperial Force | ||
| Related place: | Ottoman Empire: Turkey; Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Gallipoli; Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Gallipoli, Gaba Tepe | ||
| Related conflict: | First World War, 1914-1918; Period 1919-1939 |
Last-Modified: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:02:21 GMT
