Live Auction 5289Christie's Interiors
Fortunino Matania, R.I. (1881-1963)
Lot 18

Fortunino Matania, R.I. (1881-1963)

The struggle of the Blues and the Buffs: Watching the election results in Trafalgar Square, 1910

Closed7 October 2014

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GBP 1,062

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Fortunino Matania, R.I. (1881-1963)
The struggle of the Blues and the Buffs: Watching the election results in Trafalgar Square, 1910
signed 'F. Matania' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink and wash and bodycolour, on board, unframed
14 ½ x 21 ¼ in. (36.8 x 53.9 cm.)

Specialist note

"...The evil weather conditions did not deter large crowds from gathering in Trafalgar Square and other places. The keen politician was very much in evidence, cheering and noting down the results with his pencil as they were flashed upon the screens. "The Daily Chronicle" and Pall Mall Gazette" indicators both attracted large crowds with members of the neighbouring clubs visited the outskirts of the square from time to time."