This I understand, afforded them much interest & amusement".[1] Following this the officers asked Brill to create murals in their Officer's Mess. According to John's mother the picture below represents one of these murals. The subjects being "The Pleasures of Avarice" and "The Pleasures of Art", and a third subject of "The Last Supper", "but this was never finished as his company was moved up the line."