Matania Collection (page 7)

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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

Scots Guards marching through Cologne, WW1
The pipers of the Scots Guards playing troops through the streets of Cologne during the occupation of the Rhineland after the end of the First World War. Date: 1919

Peace Conference in Paris by Matania
Front cover of The Sphere showing leaders of the Great Powers leaving the Peace Conference in Paris. Leading the way M. Clemenceau, Premier of France, with the tall figure on the left

Armistice celebrations in Trafalgar Square
Crowds dancing, waving flags and climbing on Landseers famous lions in Trafalgar Square as they celebrate the signing of the Armistice and the end of the First World War in November 1918. Date: 1918

Sphere cover - Surrender of German fleet by Matania
The surrender of the German High Seas Fleet - Admiral Meurer on board the " Queen Elizabeth" in the Firth of Forth, saluting Admiral Sir David Beatty in his cabin. Date: 1918

Entry of Belgian troops into Bruges, 1918 by Matania
Illustration showing the public reception enjoyed by Belgian troops marching into Bruges following the retreat of the Germans in October 1918

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

Surprise at dawn on the Western Front
South-east of Ypres, a German trench-building party is surprised by British gunfire. The trench builders had been working under cover of the night mist

Sphere cover - artillery negotiating shell craters, Matania
British artillery in difficulty among shell craters in August 1918. Shell craters were created by explosions, could easily subside and filled with water in wet weather

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 - British gunners turning German gun on enemy
A British artillery team with a captured German gun (a 77), using all their strength to turn it upon the fleeing enemy. 1918

Sphere cover - British plane caught by German gun fire
A British aeroplane, caught making a daring raid over enemy lines and flying very low to drop bombs on German entrenched troops, is fired on by a machine gun as well as several rifles

Ladies working in a Russian soldiers home under Bolsheviks
Those who suffer under the revolutionary regime - Russian ladies earning their living as cleaners I a home for soldiers. Scene showing upper class women employed in scrubbing

Gathering of Allies in an Italian home, WW1
French, British and Italian soldiers gathered together in an Italian home. The Allies had been fighting together to hold up the long-threatened Austrian offensive which was launched against Italy

Sphere cover - French refugees from lost villages, Matania
A refugee French mother and her children are given a lift by some British soldiers on a road in Northern France as they escape the approaching German guns

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

Gunners working through German gas attack by Matania
A storm of poison gas shells breaking over a British battery of 18 pounders, showing the gunners working to serve their guns while wearing gas masks. Date: 1918

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

Sphere cover - evacuation of civilians in France, WW1
A Knight-Errant on wheels - an incident in the evacuation of civilians in France. A British motor cyclists helps an old French lady

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