Bois Gallery

Matania - Last Absolution of the Munsters

'The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois' - painting by Fortunino Matania. This painting relates to an incident in France in May of 1915, when the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers suffered very heavily at Rue du Bois, in the Pas de Calais close to Arras. The action was only one of many local attacks which ended disastrously through lack of support. Colonel Victor Rickard, recently appointed to command, was killed in the attack, as was his Adjutant, Captain Filgate. Both are represented in the picture, alongside Father Gleeson, who is shown giving the Absolution on the evening prior to the action taking place.
1915

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French girls wearing Jupe-Culotte trousers - Paris, France

French girls wearing Jupe-Culotte - 'culottes' - voluminous trousers with the appearance of a long skirt. Getting into a rowing boat on the Quay of the Lake in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France Date: circa 1910s

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'The First Aviator & World-Famous Cartoonist in the Tatler

Black and white photograph entitled 'The First Aviator and a World-famous cartoonist' relaxing in the Bois de Boulogne in the Tatler of 24th November. Those pictured are (left to right), M. Santos Dumont 'practically the first in the field of aviation', Madame Charron, a 'well-known Parisienne' and "Sem", the admired cartoonist, who drew cartoons of English racing and yachting personalities and were the 'talk of London'. Date: 24th November 1909

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