EXTRACTS: Drawing from History: The Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania © The Book Palace (340 PAGES in Full edition)

Drawing from History 24 Top: Despina, Princess of Serbia, clad in naked pride, knelt before Tamerlane. (Scanned from an original glass reproduction negative.) Above left: King Herod the Great discusses with his mother Cypros and sister Salome the alleged infidelity of his wife Marianne. © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans Above right: Panthea speeds Abradatus on the chariot. (From the original artwork, courtesy of illustrationartgallery.com )