Images Dated 2006

March

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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WWI photo frame showing the Western Front with map

First World War photo frame showing the Western Front with map of France and Belgium. Also shows the names of Allied Generals and various towns and cities. Trench Art. Date: 1914-1918

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library

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Repulsing the famous Prussian guard at Ypres

'Repulsing the famous Prussian guard at Ypres.' 'With the British Army on the Western Front' - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere, though the illustration was first done in 1914 . Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time, his wartime work was immensely popular and appeared in nearly every major news magazine, Allied, Neutral and Central Powers alike. Literally tens of millions of readers saw wartime events through the medium of Matania's weekly illustrations and, as such, he played an important role in defining people's mental image of what Great War battlefield scenes and soldiers looked like. Date: 1914

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library