Production credits: Art Gallery of NSW

Writers: Andrew Yip, Steven Miller
Content producers: Andrew Yip, Steven Miller
Executive producer: Francesca Ford
Designer: Jamie Ferguson (Shorthand)
Image clearance: Michelle Andringa
Developer: Thomas Ashelford
Multimedia production: Art Gallery of New South Wales with Nylon Studios
Voice of Cecil Bostock: Scott Bevan
Weaver Hawkins narrator: Andrew Yip
Voice of Dora Ohlfsen: Josephine Touma
‘Stories from the archive’ narrator: Steven Miller

Created with Shorthand

Video and image captions

All videos are produced by the Art Gallery of New South Wales with audio produced by Nylon Studios, 2015

In order of appearance as you scroll down

  1. Unknown Untitled (28th Reinforcements of the AIF Field Artillery) c1918, silver gelatin photograph, 16.4 x 21.5 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [Bostock archive ARC4.3]
  2. Cecil Bostock My concert party, Flavion in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 1918‒19, bound album: 8 leaves, 43 gelatin silver photographs, 31.7 x 22.6 x 0.5 cm album (closed). Gift of Mrs Eleanor Morris 1984. [178.1984ee]
  3. Cecil Bostock Untitled (Self portrait) c1919, silver gelatin photograph, 18.4 x 13.6 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [Bostock archive ARC4.6]
  4. Cecil Bostock Untitled (Soldiers embarking on the Koree) c1917, silver gelatin photograph, 10.4 x 13.5 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [Bostock archive ARC4.7]
  5. Cecil Bostock My office in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. above for details) [178.1984y]
  6. Harold Cazneaux C.W. Bostock 1918, silver gelatin photograph, 22.5 x 14 cm (image). Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [Bostock archive ARC4.2]
  7. Cecil Bostock Untitled (canon) in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. above for details) [178.1984qq]
  8. Cecil Bostock German 4.2 La Groise in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. above for details) [178.1984q]
  9. Cecil Bostock Untitled (Roadside Crucifix, Flanders) c1918, pencil on paper, 17.4 x 12.8 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [Bostock archive ARC4.10]
  10. Cecil Bostock Gas c1918, pencil on paper, 17.2 x 12.6 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [Bostock archive ARC4.8]
  11. Cecil Bostock Day breaks-cold-shrieking-bloody 1918, gelatin silver photograph, 13.4 x 20.6 cm (image). Gift of Mr J Hoey 1977 [164.1977]
  12. Cecil Bostock La Groise in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. above for details) [178.1984t]
  13. Video: Cecil Bostock on the Western Front 2015 ‒ Cecil Bostock Roadside crucifix, Flanders c1918, pencil on paper, 17.4 x 12.8 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [Bostock archive ARC4.10]; Cecil Bostock Untitled (Aerial view of bombing around Hamel, France) c1916, silver gelatin photograph, 17 x 21.5 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [ARC4.11]; Cecil Bostock Flavion in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. above for details) [178.1984aa]; Cecil Bostock Somewhere in Flanders c1918, pencil on paper, 12.5 x 17.3 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [ARC4.13]; Cecil Bostock No 1 Gun Spoil Bank 39th Battery c1918, pencil on paper, 8.4 x 10 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [ARC4.14]; Cecil Bostock Gas c1918, pencil on paper, 17.2 x 12.6 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [ARC4.8]; Cecil Bostock A deserted home Bavelincourt and gas masks c1918, pencil on paper, 17.3 x 12.5 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [ARC4.12]; Cecil Bostock Untitled (Roadside crucifix, Flanders) c1918, pencil on paper, 17.4 x 12.8 cm. Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [ARC4.10]; Cecil Bostock La Groise in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. above for details. Gift of Mrs Eleanor Morris 1984 [178.1984t]; Harold Cazneaux C.W. Bostock 1918, silver gelatin photograph, 22.5 x 14 cm (image). Gift of the family of Cecil Bostock [ARC4.2]
  14. Cecil Bostock Untitled (children) in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. above for details). Gift of Mrs Eleanor Morris 1984 [178.1984ff]
  15. Alfred Philpott Untitled (Weaver Hawkins upon enlisting in the 1st Battalion of the 16th County of London Regiment) 1914, gelatin silver photograph, 13.6 x 8.7 cm. Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [Weaver Hawkins archive ARC3.13]
  16. Weaver Hawkins Self portrait 1920, etching, 17.6 x 12.5 cm (platemark). © Estate of HF
  17. Weaver Hawkins Refugees 1918, etching and drypoint, 25.4 x 16.5 cm (platemark). Gift of the artist’s family 1976. © Estate of HF Weaver Hawkins [280.1976]
  18. EC Stevens (In the grounds of Beaufort Hospital) 1917, gelatin silver photograph, 8.7 x 14 cm. Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [Weaver Hawkins archive ARC3.18]
  19. Weaver Hawkins 1. Blightie 1916, pencil on paper, 18.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet). Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [Weaver Hawkins archive ARC3.6]
  20. Weaver Hawkins 5. The scrap 1916, pencil on paper, 18.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet). Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [Weaver Hawkins archive ARC3.10]
  21. Weaver Hawkins 6. Finis 1916, pencil on paper, 18.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet). Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [Weaver Hawkins archive ARC3.11]
  22. Video: Weaver Hawkins at the Somme 2015 (all Weaver Hawkins works listed here are gift of Rene Hawkins 1996) ‒ Weaver Hawkins Mother with her three kharki [sic] boys by one of ‘em 1915, pencil on lined paper, 20 x 12.5 cm (sheet) [Weaver Hawkins archive ARC3.1]; Weaver Hawkins It’s alright–no pain–only that camera feeling–watch the dicky bird!! 1915, pencil on lined paper, 25.5 x 16.2 cm (sheet) [ARC3.18]; Weaver Hawkins 1. Blightie 1916, pencil on paper, 18.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet) [ARC3.6]; Weaver Hawkins 2. On the trek 1916, pencil on paper, 18.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet) [ARC3.7]; Weaver Hawkins 3. Reserves 1916, pencil on paper, 18.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet) [ARC3.8]; Weaver Hawkins 4. Firing Line 1916, pencil on paper, 18.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet) [ARC3.9]; Weaver Hawkins 5. The scrap 1916, pencil on paper, 18.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet) [ARC3.10]; Weaver Hawkins 6. Finis 1916, pencil on paper, 18.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet) [ARC3.11]; Weaver Hawkins Near Ailly 1916, watercolour on cream paper, 15.4 x 11.5 cm [ARC3.20]; Weaver Hawkins Halloy 1916, watercolour on cream paper, 15.4 x 11.5 cm [ARC3.21]; Weaver Hawkins Halloy 1916, watercolour on cream paper, 15.4 x 11.5 cm.
  23. Weaver Hawkins 6. Finis 1916, pencil on paper, 18.5 x 10.5 cm (sheet). Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [Weaver Hawkins archive ARC3.11]
  24. Weaver Hawkins Atomic power 1947, oil on hardboard, 61 x 78.5 cm (board). Purchased 1976. © Estate of HF Weaver Hawkins [92.1976]
  25. Unknown No 1666 L/c H. W.F. Hawkins 1917, gelatin silver photograph, 13.7 x 8.8 cm. Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [Weaver Hawkins archive ARC3.15]
  26. Unknown Untitled (Weaver Hawkins painting at his easel) 1921, gelatin silver photograph, 10.7 x 6.6 cm. Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [Weaver Hawkins archive ARC3.19]
  27. M Shadwell Clerke Untitled (Portrait of Dora Ohlfsen) c1908, silver gelatin photograph, 9 cm (width). Gift of Dora Stanford 1995 [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.1]
  28. Unknown Untitled (Dora Ohlfsen with two wounded Italian soldiers) January 1916, silver gelatin photograph (copy print), 18 x 12.5 cm [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.6]
  29. Unknown Untitled (Original cast of Dora Ohlfsen’s The awakening of Australian art on display at the National Art Gallery of New South Wales c1912, silver gelatin photograph, 20 x 9.5 cm [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.2]
  30. Unknown Untitled (Dora Ohlfsen as a nurse during the First World War) January 1916, silver gelatin photograph (copy print), 18 x 12.5 cm [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.7]
  31. Unknown Untitled (Dora Ohlfsen with the cast of her medallion of Mussolini) c1922, silver gelatin photograph, 12.8 x 18 cm. Gift of Dora Stanford 1995 [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.3]
  32. Dora Ohlfsen Anzac in Eternal Remembrance 1914‒1918 1918, bronze, 6 cm (diam) [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.8]
  33. Video: Dora Ohlfsen’s letters from Rome 2015 ‒ Unknown Untitled (Dora Ohlfsen as a nurse during the First World War) January 1916, silver gelatin photograph (copy print), 18 x 12.5 cm [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.7]; M Shadwell Clerke Untitled (Portrait of Dora Ohlfsen) c1908, silver gelatin photograph, 9 cm (width). Gift of Dora Stanford 1995 [ARC8.1]; Adolfo Porry-Pastorel Untitled (Italian balilla boy scouts give the fascist salute at the dedication of Dora Ohlfsen’s War Memorial at Formia, Italy) 1926, silver gelatin photograph (copy print), 13 x 18 cm. Gift of Dora Stanford 1995 [ARC8.5]; Unknown Untitled (Dora Ohlfsen with the cast of her medallion of Mussolini) c1922, silver gelatin photograph, 12.8 x 18 cm. Gift of Dora Stanford 1995 [ARC8.3]
  34. Adolfo Porry-Pastorel Untitled (Italian balilla boy scouts give the fascist salute at the dedication of Dora Ohlfsen’s War Memorial at Formia, Italy) 1926, silver gelatin photograph (copy print), 13 x 18 cm. Gift of Dora Stanford 1995 [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.5]
  35. Unknown Untitled (Dora Ohlfsen with the cast of her statue Sacrifice) c1925, silver gelatin photograph (copy print), 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Gift of Dora Stanford 1995 [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.4]
  36. Adolfo Porry-Pastorel Untitled (The Archbishop of Gaeta, Duke Tosti di Valminuta, Dora Ohlfsen and others at the dedication of the War Memorial at Formia) 18 July 1926, silver gelatin photograph (copy print), 13 x 18 cm. Gift of Dora Stanford 1995 [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.9]
  37. Video: Stories from the archive 2015 ‒ Paul Grandhomme Si vis pacem, para bellum. Pro Patria medal (c1918), bronze, 4.9 cm (diam) [Bostock archive ARC4.20]; commercial postcard of visitors arriving to see Holman Hunt’s Light of the world on display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1906; Richard Larter montage scrap album c1974 [Larter archive MS1995.4]; exhibition posters and catalogues from the ephemera collections of the Capon Research Collection, AGNSW Archive; Unknown Untitled (Dora Ohlfsen as a nurse during the First World War) January 1916, silver gelatin photograph (copy print), 18 x 12.5 cm [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.7]; M Shadwell Clerke Untitled (Portrait of Dora Ohlfsen) c1908, silver gelatin photograph, 9 cm (width). Gift of Dora Stanford 1995 [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.1]; Unknown Untitled (original cast of Dora Ohlfsen’s The awakening of Australian art on display at the National Art Gallery of New South Wales) c1912, silver gelatin photograph, 20 x 9.5 cm [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.2]; Unknown Untitled (Dora Ohlfsen with the cast of her medallion of Mussolini) c1922, silver gelatin photograph, 12.8 x 18 cm. Gift of Dora Stanford 1995 [Dora Ohlfsen archive ARC8.3]; Unknown No 1666 L/c H.W.F. Hawkins 1917, gelatin silver photograph, 13.7 x 8.8 cm. Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [Weaver Hawkins archive ARC3.15]; EC Stevens Untitled (Hospital pantomine) 1917, gelatin silver photograph, 8.7 x 14 cm. Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [ARC3.17]; Paint box of artist Rah Fizelle [Conservation material archive]; Lloyd Rees’ painting shoes [Rees archive MS2014.6]; Weaver Hawkins Atomic power 1947, oil on hardboard, 61 x 78.5 cm (board). Purchased 1976. © Estate of HF Weaver Hawkins [92.1976]; Weaver Hawkins Near Ailly 1916, watercolour on cream paper, 15.4 x 11.5 cm. Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [ARC3.20]; Weaver Hawkins Halloy 1916, watercolour on cream paper, 15.4 x 11.5 cm. Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [ARC3.21]; Weaver Hawkins Halloy 1916, watercolour on cream paper, 15.4 x 11.5 cm. Gift of Rene Hawkins 1996 [ARC3.22]; Cecil Bostock Untitled (Self portrait) 1919, gelatin silver photograph, 22 x 13cm [Bostock archive ARC4.5]; Cecil Bostock Flavion in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. for details) [178.1984hh]; Cecil Bostock Lt Stubbin and RSM in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. for details) [178.1984kk]; Cecil Bostock Untitled (children) in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album [178.1984nn]; selection of war medals and presentation medallions from the Bostock archive; Unknown A send off to C. Bostock and C. Foley (who have enlisted for active service) by the Commercial Artists Association of N.S.W. 1917, ink and watercolour on cardboard, 25 x 25 cm [Bostock archive ARC4.1]; Cecil Bostock My office in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. for details) [178.1984y]; Cecil Bostock Untitled (children) in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. for details) [178.1984ff]; Cecil Bostock Day breaks-cold-shrieking-bloody 1918, gelatin silver photograph, 13.4 x 20.6 cm (image/sheet). Gift of Mr J Hoey 1977 [164.1977]; Cecil Bostock Untitled (canon) in Souvenir Belgium 1918‒1919 album (see 2. for details) [178.1984qq]; Cecil Bostock Untitled (Self portrait) c1919, silver gelatin photograph, 18.4 x 13.6,cm. Gift of the Cecil Bostock family [Bostock archive ARC4.6].