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'Aces Low': The Wimbledon Champion at Aubers
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In the years leading up to the First World War, one of the most famous sportsmen of the Edwardian era was Anthony (Tony) Wilding. An excellent all-round sportsman, Wilding had been born in New Zealand but returned to England in 1902 (from where his parents had emigrated) in order to study with the intention of making a career in the law. He visi...
The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois - The Commission, the Artist, and the Painting by Gerry White
'The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois' by the Italian War artist Fortunino Matania is one of the most iconic paintings to emerge from the Great War. Originally published in The Sphere magazine in November 1916, over the years it has also appeared on the dust jackets and within the covers of a number books on the Great War....