Matania Collection (page 6)

A Kite Balloon car over the Western Front, WW1
Two observers in the basket of a kite balloon pictured spotting activity on the ground below. The Kite Balloon section (often known as the balloonatics)

Sphere cover - East Coast bombardments, Hartlepool chapel
The bombardment of the East Coast - the scene outside a Hartlepool Baptist Chapel. Scene painted by Fortunino Matania based on a sketch by fellow Sphere artist, G. H

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Fortunino Matania - self-portrait
The Italian artist, Chevalier Fortunino Matania (1882-1963), unfinished self-portrait. Date: c.1955

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Fortunino Matania as a boy - copy of a portrait by his fathe
Oil painting of the Italian artist, Fortunino Matania as a young boy, purportedly a copy of a portrait done by his father Eduardo (also an artist) in 1887. Date: 1887

Lady at her dressing table
An half-dressed lady of the 18th century inspects her reflection in a hand mirror. Date: 20th century

Goats by Fortunino Matania
Head studies of two goats by Fortunino Matania Date: 1896

Lady conversing with a parrot by Fortunino Matania
A woman in fashionable Victorian dress seated near a window conversing with a pet parrot. A spinning wheel and grandfather clock form part of the backdrop. Date: 20th century

The Beauty Spot by Fortunino Matania
A sketch of an 18th century beauty seated at her dressing table and applying a beauty spot. Date: 20th century

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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From khaki to civvies, end of WW1
A tailor measures a demobbed soldier for civilian clothes after his return from the Great War. Date: 1919

Peace Day in Trafalgar Square by Eduardo Matania
Revellers in Trafalgar Square dancing and waving flags during the Peace Day celebrations in London, July 1919. Date: 1919

Monkey mascot steals enemy flag, WW1
The exploits of Bebe, the pet monkey of an Italian officer who brought back the Austrian flag from the enemy trenches, snatching it

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

Canine Devotion in War Time, WW1 dog guarding home
A dog still seeking to defend its former home during the entry of the Germans into Vailly, a small town lying on the Aisne

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

Italian dogs of war, decorated for military services
Italian dogs of war, decorated in honour of their military services, passing through the streets of Milan in a picturesque procession. Date: 1920

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 Sphere London Season cover by Matania
Front cover of The Sphere magazines special guide to the London Season showing Guards in bearskin helmets marching down the Mall through Admiralty Arch

The 1914 Season - a Fancy Dress Ball by Matania
Late dancers leaving the Albert Hall during the first cold light of dawn after attending a fancy dress ball there during the summer season of 1914. Date: 1914

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

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