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World War I: members of the Royal Army Medical Corps lifting dead and wounded men out of a bombed trench in France and treating the survivors. Photograph of drawing by F. Matania, ca. 1917.

Ancient Roman women bathing in a public bath in London. Coloured drawing by F. Matania, 1922.

World War One: a military doctor is dressing the wound of a Russian woman soldier in a trench. Watercolour by F. Matania, 1917.

World War I: a horse used for military purposes has collapsed on a road, and another horse is being cared for by a military veterinarian officer. Photograph of drawing by F. Matania, ca. 1917.

World War I: an advanced dressing station on the Western Front. Watercolour by F. Matania, 1917.

World War I: a chaplain reading the funeral service over the body of a dead soldier in France. Photograph and gouache drawing by F. Matania, ca. 1917.

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World War I: an advanced dressing station on the Western Front. Watercolour by F. Matania, 1917.

World War I: a chaplain reading the funeral service over the body of a dead soldier in France. Photograph and gouache drawing by F. Matania, ca. 1917.

Ancient Roman women bathing in a public bath in London. Coloured drawing by F. Matania, 1922.

World War One: a military doctor is dressing the wound of a Russian woman soldier in a trench. Watercolour by F. Matania, 1917.

World War I: a horse used for military purposes has collapsed on a road, and another horse is being cared for by a military veterinarian officer. Photograph of drawing by F. Matania, ca. 1917.