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Fortunino Matania:
The Prince of Wales and Prince Albert in a Ceremonial Launching of a Lifeboat, Newquay, Cornwall
Unmounted (ref: 6579)
Signed, inscribed with various instructions to the printer
Pencil, black chalk, pen and black ink and grey wash heightened with white, on board
14 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (37 x 27 cm)
Tags: Fortunino Matania chalk ink panel pencil print maritime men work
Provenance: From the archives of the illustrated London News; Christies 7.10,.2014, lot 16
This image is believed to have featured on the front cover of 'The Sphere',
20th of March 1911
Matania's Images of WW1 are the subject of the recent publication,
Goodbye, Old Man, Matania's Vision of the First World War, By Lucinda Gosling in association with Mary Evans Picture Library
