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1915 (Matania original prints)
Survivors of the 'Formidable' being Rescued (original cover page The Sphere 1915) (Print)

Survivors of the 'Formidable' being Rescued  (original cover page The Sphere 1915) (Print) by 1915 (Matania original prints) at The Illustration Art Gallery

Ref: MataniaSP16Jan15 (Click for LARGE picture)

Artist: Fortunino Matania (biography)
Medium: Lithograph print on Paper
Size: 9" x 15" (240mm x 380mm)
Date: 1915

This is a print.

This is the printed cover page from The Sphere dated January 16th 1915 and is taken from Matania's personal archives.

The scene depicts survivors of the ship Formidable being taken aboard the Provident from their cutter after their ship was sunk by a German submarine. After being in their cutter for nearly twelve hours the two officers and sixty eight men were rescued by the Brixham fishing smack "Provident".

This image is featured in the book The Art of Fortunino Matania: catalogue of original art & prints as FIG 137.


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1915 (Matania original prints)

1915 (Matania original prints)