Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 1910s.
Fortunino MATANIA (1881-1963) was the son of artist Eduardo Matania.
By the age of 14 he was helping his father produce illustrations for books and magazines.

At the outbreak of the First World War he became a highly sought-after and regarded war artist after which he really developed his career as an illustrator working for various magazines and designing posters, some particularly notable examples for coastal for resorts in England. He regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy and was elected a member of the Royal Institute for Artists in Water Colours.
Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 1910s.
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