HUGE' NAVAL PICTURE
A panorama of tlae Battle, of Trafalgar, which, thrilled London when, it was\ on view at Earl's Court, in 1905, .has been revealed stored away in! a German' warehouse. The work was a painting done by the German artist, Professor Phillip Fleischer, for the London : : Naval Centenary.'Exhibition, and took two years to complete.. The artist spent several months on Nelson's Victory making studies for the work. After the exhibition the • panorama,' which weighs 3 tons, was taken 0n.,, a European tour;" but at the •outbreak i of the war it was consigned to a Wils.badeii warehouse.-The painter's family nowoffer ifc.for'sale ''at a very moderate price" to save it from destruction.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 150, 31 December 1928, Page 4
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113HUGE' NAVAL PICTURE Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 150, 31 December 1928, Page 4
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