Title
From field dressing station to ambulance, Bullecourt
(circa 1918)
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- To the Ambulance, Bullecourt
- Date
- (circa 1918)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pen, brush and brown ink, watercolour, gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 48.0 x 31.9 cm
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., brown ink "M.Napier Waller". Dated l.r., brown ink "... May 12 17.".
- Credit
- Purchased 1918
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 5714
- Copyright
- © Courtesy Trustees of the Waller Estate
- Artist information
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Napier Waller
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About
'After the Hun's shell has fulfilled its frightful destiny, and the army medical attendant attached to the unit has done all he possibly can for his wounded comrade, the patient is placed on a stretcher, if he is unable to walk, and conveyed to the Field Dressing Station. He is then again attended to, the stretcher is placed on wheels, and he is taken to the ambulance on his way to the Casualty Clearing Station'.
Mervyn Napier Waller, 1918
This drawing is essentially a self-portrait projecting Waller's own horrific experience when he suffered life-changing injuries on 12 May 1917 during the 2nd Battle of Bullecourt, which claimed over 7000 Australian's lives.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
War sketches in black and white, watercolour and oil, Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Gallery, 03 Dec 1918 -
Project 17 - M. Napier Waller: 1893 -1972 (1977), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 May 1977–19 Jun 1977
Mad through the darkness: Australian artists and the Great War, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Apr 2015–11 Oct 2015
M.Napier Waller 1893-1972, Exhibition Venue Unknown, Unknown–Unknown
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Nicholas Draffin, M.Napier Waller 1893-1972, Sydney, 1977. cat.no. 9
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Napier Waller, War sketches on the Somme Front, Melbourne, 1918, 70, 71 (illus.). titled 'To the Ambulance, Bullecourt'
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