The Communication Trench
The Communication Trench. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. 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
Picture No
10725229
Media ID
45230929
Size
5859px x 3744px
(2.4MB)
Credit
©David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photogravure
Date
1916




























