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Ambrose Dyson
Ambrose Dyson (1876 – 3 June 1913), often known as Amb Dyson was an Australian illustrator and political cartoonist, born at Alfredton, near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the son of George Dyson, then a hawker and later a mining engineer, and his wife Jane, "née" Mayall. He was educated at state schools at Ballarat and South Melbourne. He was the older brother of the brilliant Will Dyson and the writer Edward Dyson.
He may have studied at the Melbourne National Gallery
14 drawings by Ambrose Dyson) 1950
- Lambert, Eric "Gold" (13 drawings by Ambrose Dyson) Melbourne 1951
- Hardy, Frank J. "The Man from Clinkapella" with a foreword by Alan Marshall, ill. Ambrose Dyson 1952
- "Ambrose Dyson" with foreword by Frank Hardy and a memorial poem by David Martin. Ambrose Dyson Memorial Committee, 1953
Sources.
- McCullough, Alan "Encyclopedia of Australian Art" Hutchinson of London 1968
- A Dyson Bibliography
- Lambiek Comiclopedia