Artist: Fortunino Matania (biography)
Medium: Lithograph print on Paper
Size: 9" x 15" (240mm x 380mm)
Date: 1915

This is a print.

The activity in the rear gondola of a German Zeppelin. The powerful Maibach motors are in the centre being tended by two engineers. On the left is a look-out and machine-gun operator, with his hand on the trigger ready to repel any attacking aeroplanes.

This is the printed cover page from The Sphere dated September 18th 1915 and is taken from Matania's personal archives.

Detailed text explaining the scene accompanies the picture.