Artist: Fortunino Matania (biography)
Medium: Lithograph print on Paper
Size: 9" x 15" (240mm x 380mm)
Date: 1916

This is a print.

This is the printed cover page from The Sphere dated January 1st 1916 and is taken from Matania's personal archives.

A Tommy returning home for Christmas 1915. Because of poor communications the families did not know when and if their men folk would arrive. The first intimation was a knock at the door.

A scan of the original painting of this image appears in Drawing From History the Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania.

Poignant text explaining the scene accompanies the picture.