Picture No | 10934125 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | Neuve Chapelle, 1915 by Matania |
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Reproduction in The Sphere of a painting of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle by Fortunino Matania which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1918. The picture is accompanied by a narrative describing the lengths Matania went to to create the image from visiting the battlefield to digging a trench in his garden at home. The Sphere entitles it, 'A War Picture at the Royal Academy which is an actual document' in order to underline its authenticity.
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Source | Original oil painting by Fortunino Matania reproduced in black and white in The Sphere, 15 June 1918 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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