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

Drawing from History 2 Foreword by James Gurney 1 Introduction by Lucinda Gosling 3 History 23 A March through Time 90 Merry Christmas from the Matanias 92 London 95 London Life 122 Sketches 124 Royalty 127 People 148 Places 150 Magazines and Books 155 Blackpool 230 N.C. Fables 232 Travel posters 233 Portfolios 235 Warfare 257 Cigarette cards 326 Appendix: Correspondence between 329 Matania and Cecil B. DeMille Publishers’ Message 338 Acknowledgements 338 Contents Below: Reconstructing Ancient Pompeii. ‘Beautiful Pompeii rose from the ruins as I looked at it.’ Matania places himself within his own painting. The Sphere , 23 July 1921. © Illustrated London News Ltd/ Mary Evans