Ambrose Dyson b. 13 April 1876

Also known as Ambrose Arthur Dyson, Amb Dyson
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late colonial and Federation-era political cartoonist. Ambrose Dyson was part of an extended artistic family that included his brothers of Ted and Will Dyson, brothers-in-law Lionel and Norman Lindsay and son Ambrose "Amby" Dyson. A successful cartoonist and illustrator in his own right, Dyson's early death at age 37 was attributed to a combination of alcoholism and syphilis.

Citations

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : vol 2, p 122, facsimile reprint, 1980.

  • Oldfield, Audrey (1994), 'Australian Women and the Vote’, Cambridge, UK and Melbourne, Victoria: CUP.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1981), 'Ambrose Dyson’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol. 8, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Lindesay (1979), pp 16-17.

  • Information sourced from McCulloch.

  • Information sourced from Mahood.

  • McMullin, Ross (2006), 'Will Dyson: Australia’s Radical Genius’, Melbourne, Vic. Scribe.

  • Information sourced from Senyard, June.

  • Taylor, George (1902), 'The Spirit of Caricature in the Commonwealth: with incidental remarks on Australian “Black and White”’, Commonwealth Annual 2 (1902-3), pp 31-42 (photograph p.37).

  • (15 April 1910), The Pastoralists’ Review.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists