Fortunino Collection (page 6)

Woman reading by Fortunino Matania
A woman from the Edwardian era seated in an armchair reading a newspaper or magazine. Date: c.1905

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Hassans Garden by Fortunino Matania. Date: c.1950s

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How staff are informed of movements at the Front by Matania
A scene in a stately French chateau. From the roar and the excitement of the trenches to the peaceful calm of a French chateau - a despatch rider at British headquarters with reports from

Fortunino Matania, artist
Portrait of Fortunino Matania (1881-1963), Italian artist, illustrator and war reporter. Special artist for The Sphere from 1904 to 1929

The Prince of Wales by Fortunino Matania
Portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor, 1894-1972), pictured at a docks in naval uniform at the time he was due to depart on his tour of Australia

The Brunswick Christening by Fortunino Matania
The christening ceremony in Brunswick Cathedral of Prince Ernest Augustus, the baby son of Duke and Duchess of Brunswick and grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II

The Brunswick Christening - baby Ernest Augustus & parents
Front cover of The Sphere reporting on the christening in Brunswick of Prince Ernest Augustus, first child of the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick (formerly Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia)

The Monkeys on Gibraltars Rock by Matania
The famous wild monkeys on the rock of Gibraltar, who were more visible than usual in the spring of 1914. As observed by the Spheres special artist, Fortunino Matania. Date: 1914

Sunday Work in the Tunnel of a Great Main Line, Matania
Labour and railway efficiency: Renewing the Permanent Way of a Great Main Line. Sunday work in the tunnel of a great main line outside London - gangs of navvies relaying the permanent way. Date: 1914

Deceiving the enemy
While the majority of their colleagues retreat to a line of trenches further back, some British soldiers remain in the front trench to convince the Germans that the trench is still fully occupied

Adverts for Matania WW1 prints in The Sphere
Two advertisements for popular images by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania, offering them as signed artists proofs (21 shillings each) or 5 shilling prints

Sphere cover - Zeebrugge raid, crew fix Union flag, WW1
Men from HMS Vindictive during the Zeebrugge Raid pictured fixing the Union flag on the mole before returning to their ship

Serbian armoured car is ambushed
In southern Serbia, near Strumnitza, Two Serbian armoured vehicles are ambushed by Bulgarians. One vehicle escapes but the other runs off the road and is stranded in a ditch

General Ferdinand Foch by Matania, WW1
Front cover of The Sphere featuring General Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), Marshal of France by Fortunino Matania. Date: 1918

Retreat of Serbian Army
A group of Serbian soldiers bivouac in the mountainous district of Western Serbia during the armys retreat. Gathered round a camp fire

Hauling Italian Artillery in Trentino
In the province of Trentino, on the border between Austria-Hungary and Italy, a heavy Italian mortar is hauled into position up a mountain slope

Serbian Outpost guards
At a Serbian outpost on a single track railway bridge on the Nish-Salonika Railway, guards stand to arms in the early hours of the morning having heard suspicious sounds

Sphere cover - First Armistice between Russians & Germans
The First Armistice by Fortunino Matania, showing Russian emissaries presenting their credentials to German officers. The first step towards peace negotiations was taken by the Russian

Bengal Lancers return from Port Arthur after the capture of Neuve Chapelle following a prolonged battle. Date: March 1915

Sphere cover - British & French meet at Combles, WW1
Front cover of The Sphere showing a scene on the morning of 26 September 1916, when British patrols entered the town of Combles and through the smoke-blackened dawn met with French soldiers

Sphere cover - destruction of zeppelin, Potters Bar, Matania
Front cover of The Sphere with an illustration of the German Zeppelin destroyed over Potters Bar, Hertfordshire on 1 October 1916

British artillery advances through Flanders mud
British gunners and horses drag their gun through the swamp of Flanders mud on their way to take up a forward position Date: November 1917

Motor bus on the Western Front
An ex-London motor bus, transporting British troops to the front line, comes under shell fire on an exposed road. Date: September 1917

British Gunners under fire
A British artillery battery, on its way to take up a position further forward, is stopped in its tracks by an enemy shell which lands in the road immediately ahead. Date: July 1917

General Brusilov by Matania
A portrait of Russian General Alexei Alekseevich Brusilov by Fortunino Matania. Brusilov had been appointed Commander in Chief of the Russian army in May 1917

Clearing away wreckage at Cuffley by Matania, WW1
A scene at Cuffley, Hertfordshire showing the wreckage of the L-21 German zeppelin airship brought down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson on the night of 2 September 1916

Sphere cover - Germans leave French village, 1918
Ruckwarts (meaning backward-going) - the Long March of Grey Uniforms towards the Rhine. A scene drawn by The Sphere special artist Fortunino Matania

Sphere cover - German retreat from Lille, 1918
Front cover of The Sphere featuring an illustration by Fortunino Matania showing a scene in Lille when the British finally recaptured the town from the retreating Germans in October 1918

Sphere cover - Allied soldiers in Macedonia by Matania
Front cover illustration by Fortunino Matania showing a group of Allied soldiers in Macedonai surveying a monument bearing an inscription in Bulgarian placed by General Mackensen beside a road built

Sphere cover - General Franchet by Fortunino Matania
Sphere front cover illustration by Fortunino Matania of Louis Felix Marie Francois Franchet d Esperey (1856-1942), French Army General during the First World War when he was Commander-in-Chief of

Sphere cover - Italy receiving shield of gold by Matania
Front cover illustration by Sphere special artist Fortunino Matania showing Italy in allegorical human form (with an impressive chest plate protecting her bosoms)

Evivva Italia
Long Live Italy! Fortunino Matanias illustration celebrating Italys entrance into World War One in May 1915. As British, French and German symbolic figures fight in the background

Moving sand bags forward
With the order for an advance having been given, British soldiers scramble out of their trench to move forward to occupy a captured German trench

British ammunition carriers
During an offensive, two British soldiers haul a box of ammunition forward to a newly captured trench. In such situations

New Years Day with a Highland Regiment
On the Western front, a Highland Regiment celebrate the New Year in traditional Scottish style, with sword dancing, bagpipe playing and singing. Date: 1 January 1917

Sphere cover - The Kaiser at Nish by Matania, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II pictured on a visit to Nish (Nis), the largest city in Southern Serbia, where he attended a banquet given by King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and inspected Bulgarian troops

Sphere cover - His Xmas letter from the trenches, Matania
Front cover of The Sphere featuring an illustration by Fortunino Matania of a British soldier writing a letter home to his family at Christmas

Sphere during WW1, advertisement, 1916
Advertisement IN The Sphere magazine FOR The Sphere magazine, declaring it had the finest war artists in Signor (Fortunino) Matania and Christopher Clark

Storming of Heudicourt Village
Following a short artillery barrage, British troops rush the German entrenchments stretched across the street in the French village of Heudicourt

Cardinal Bourne addresses Dublin Fusiliers
During a visit to Irish troops on the Western front, Cardinal Bourne, Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, addresses men of the Dublin Fusiliers brigade from a transport waggon. Date: 1917

British staff car avoids shell hole
A British Staff Car veers to one side to avoid a large shell hole in the middle of the road on which they are hurrying. Narrowly avoiding ending up in the roadside ditch

Pro Italia
A drawing by Fortunino Matania celebrating the alliance between British and Italian troops. He presented the drawing to his compatriots of Italian organisations in London

The Communication Trench
British soldiers dash past a gap in the sandbag wall of a communication trench, keeping their heads down so as not to attract the attention of snipers. Date: 1915

Munitions Factory 1915
A scene in a British munitions factory, owned by Vickers Ltd. Shown here is the process of nosing a shell. Metal cylinders are heated in a furnace by the man shown in the foreground

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