Gathering fuel, Delville Wood.
Primary Artist
Will Dyson (1880–1938)
Title
Gathering fuel, Delville Wood.
Date made
1918
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Matrix size
49.0 x 37.0 cm (printed image)
Support
white textured laid Arnold unbleached paper
Support size
78.2 x 52.6 cm (sheet (deckle-edged))
Manufacturers mark
watermark: on long edge, 'UNBLEACHED ARNOLD'
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below image in black pencil, 'Will Dyson'. Not dated.
Subject description
World War I scene of a soldier gathering kindling and logs (carried like a crucifix) through shelled landscape at Delville Wood (Bois d'Elville), The Somme, France.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93252
Accession number
89.142
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1988/89 (1989-02-09)
Provenance
Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from the Australian War Memorial, Canberra,1989.
Credit line
Gift of the Australian War Memorial 1989
Subject categories
War: first world war, 1914-1918 | France
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Dyson, Will. | (1880–1938) Australian | Male | artist