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For Sale - GBP 500 - The Men's Coffee Bar, Wellington Barracks

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Title:	For Sale - GBP 500 - The Men's Coffee Bar, Wellington Barracks
Artist:	Fortunino Matania (Painter)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	For Sale - GBP 500
Views:	1,710
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	2/26/2013
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Description

A signed original watercolour en grisaille, produced in 1902 for the magazine Graphic. It depicts, in Matania's usual realistic and detailed style, a group of soldiers enjoying themselves in the coffee shop, although it appears more like a bar.

Probably part of a feature on 'Our Troops, at Home and Abroad'. A wonderful and rare early example of this very popular artist's work.

The Foot Guards Battalions on public duties in London are located in barracks conveniently close to Buckingham Palace for them to be able to reach the Palace very quickly in an emergency. In central London, a battalion is based at Wellington Barracks, Westminster, about 300 yards from Buckingham Palace between Birdcage Walk and Petty France

As a (hopefully) interesting aside, I served in a Guards Regiment, the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, during the 1970s, so this illustration has a personal connection for me!

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Jared Simmons
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/27/2013

This is really nicely done! A really cool snapshot of history. Congratulations!!

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/17/2016

Great piece!! Congratulations!

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