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Although dating of such items is difficult, Henry notes that one of his South African jigsaw boxes (#2) "has been written on mentioning Xmas gift in 1931", hence all these examples have been dated c1930, which appears consistant with other known details.
David Shearer, at his excellent website The Jigasaurus has an entry for jigsaws manufactured by A.V.N. Jones & Co. Ltd.:
http://www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/jones/
The page links to several examples from the Australian and the South African series:
"Album: Australian
Series, The
Similar in style,
but considerably less extensive than the South African Series, probably
both produced c1920-1930's.
"Album: Hitting
the Australian Trail
Scarce puzzle
made from a painting by Fortunino Matania (Italian-1881-1963)."
"Album: In the
Blue Gums' Azure Shadow: An Australian Bush Picnic
Rare 150 piece
plywood jigsaw in the Australian Series, again from a print of a painting
by Fortunino Matania."
http://www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/jones/the_australian_series/
"02. Surf-riding
at Muizenburg:The Queen of Cape Coast Watering-places.
Quite a scarce
puzzle from the very interesting South African Series.
Interestingly
the box lid features a different image, quoting "Angling for Big Game in
South African Waters", although the box base, which lists the titles available,
correctly identifies this as the correct box for this puzzle, indeed the
title on the box front does not show on the list at all.
I suspect that
the box lid photograph was used as an example of the series, rather than
as a guide picture for the contents."
http://www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/jones/south_african_series/surf-riding/
Henry also noted the following
"A.V.N.
Jones And Co.
1929 Listed Exhibitor
- British Industries Fair.
Publishers of
Calendars (selling and advertising), Pictures, Postcards.
Sole makers of
the Delta Fine Art Series of Jig Saw Puzzles.
(South African
and International Views etc.) (Stand No. R.108)".
- Grace's Guide:
the Best of British Engineering 1750 -1960s.
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/A._V._N._Jones_and_Co
Also see Notes, below:
Matania
Turner
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Artistic reproductions.
Size About 15 x 10 |
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Bushlands Surfing Beaches Mountain Scenery Great Barrier Reef Sport and Social Life Size About 15 x 10 |
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Co, Ltd.
64 Fore Street, London, England. Notes: Matania |
National Travel Association, Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square, London, W.C.2. and "The Sphere". Made in England
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The
South African Series of
Made exclusively by
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(Cardboard on plywood) The South African Series of Jigsaw Puzzles Surf-Riding at
Muizenberg:
(Charles E. Turner) Image courtesy of
Notes: Turner |
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The South African Series of Jigsaw Puzzles. Surf-riding at
Muizenberg:
(Charles E. Turner) |
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(Cardboard on plywood) The South African Series of Jigsaw Puzzles Surf-Riding. |
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The South African Series of Jigsaw Puzzles. Surf-Riding |
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Henry initially noted:
"From an original
painting by F. Matania (Fortunino Matania), bit on the web about him, could
not find anything about this picture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunino_Matania
Apparently he
was an internee at Tatura Camp in around 1942, whereas in the WW1 he was
a copious illustrator of “the Sphere” in the UK.
Be interesting
to know the beach location (I think it could well have been painted from
photo’s or info provided to him, so not an actual place or surfers), but
then again he was in Oz in 1940’s so could have emigrated earlier, wonder
where the original is?"
References.
Bradshaw, Percy
V.F.: Matania and his work
London : Press Art
School, [19--]
Matania, Fortunino,
b. 1881.; Illustrators - Great Britain - Biography.
"This study of
F. Matania and his technique is the third of a series, to be completed
in twenty parts, dealing with the Art of the Illustrator".
http://cloud-109.blogspot.com/2010/01/miracles-of-matania-fortunino-matania.html
Drawing From History
: The Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania. (due summer 2011)
http://bookpalacebooks.com/acatalog/
Book_Palace_Books_Drawing_From_History__The_Forgotten_Art_of_Fortunino_Matania_55.html
The Sphere Newspaper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sphere_(28newspaper)
The Sphere
(full title: The Sphere: An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home) was a British
newspaper, published weekly from 27 January 1900 until the closure of the
paper on 27 June 1964; the first issue came out at the height of the Boer
War and was no doubt a product of that conflict and the public appetite
for images.
At the time,
it was in direct competition with The Graphic and Illustrated London News.
Fortunino Matania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunino_Matania
"In 1904, Matania
joined the staff of The Sphere where some of his most famous work was to
appear, including his illustrations of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
Around 1906-1910
he painted the life in the lobby of the Roman Hotel Excelsior". (see
link below).
"At the outbreak
of the First World War, Matania became a war artist and was acclaimed for
his graphic and realistic images of trench warfare.
His painting
for the Blue Cross entitled Goodbye, Old Man, showing a British soldier
saying farewell to his dying horse, is a fine example of his emotive work.
But it was after
the war, when he switched to scenes of ancient high life for the British
woman's magazine, Britannia and Eve, that Matania found his real career.
...
When Britannia
and Eve was launched in 1929, Matania became one of its first contributors."
Ancient history
images by Matania at Look and Learn.
http://www.lookandlearn.com/cgi-bin/if.cgi?search=Matania&x=0&y=0&cat=
The Australian National Travel Association
"The Australian
National Travel Association (ANTA) was established on 1 July 1929, 'to
place Australia on the world's travel map and keep it there'.
Although a proportion
of its funding was provided by the Federal Government, ANTA was governed
by a board representing the interests of Australian Railways, shipping,
hotel and other business that stood to benefit from an increase in tourism.
Additional funds
were levied from members and raised from the sales of the magazine Walkabout,
published from 1934 to 1974."
- National Library
of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/sun/anta.html
"In consequence
of a recommendation by the Development and Migration Commission, the Australian
National Travel Association was inaugurated by the Commonwealth Government
in 1929 as a national, non-profit organisation under the Companies Act
1928 of Victoria.
The Commonwealth
Government authorised an annual contribution of $4,000 for five years to
ANTA, whose initial annual budget was $35,000.
By 1930 Australian
publicity and travel pro-motion offices were established in London and
San Francisco."
- Australian Bureau
of Statistics, 1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 1966
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbyCatalogue/6B789FD40CFBCD9ACA2569DE00287B12?OpenDocument
"# 2 "Surf-riding
at Muizenberg: The Queen of the Cape CoastWatering Places" by Charles E.
Turner, it’s the version on
http://www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/jones/south_african_series/surf-riding/
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I have two of
this one, both missing a number of pieces, as they are hand cut I cannot
inter-change the pieces to make the full set.
Deciding if I
should take up an offer of £9 per piece for the 3 missing pieces
in the better condition one I have.
The box of this
one has been written on mentioning Xmas gift in 1931.
I also have an
old South African travel book (Cook’s Tours in South Africa, for the 1934/35
travel season) which has same illustration in it".
and
"Charles E. Turner
(b.1893; d.1965)
Charles E. Turner
was born in Lancaster, but based in Liverpool, an artist who specialised
in landscape and marine views.
Proficient in
watercolours aand oils, Turner exhibited at the Royal Academy in London
as well as Manchester and Liverpool.
Turner fought
in both the First and Second World Wars, as a captain, Fleet Air Arm, combining
active service with service as a war artist, signing his work C.E. Turner.
Inter-war Turner
had developed series of illustrations for Thomas Forman and Cunard, becoming
a 'series of excellent postcards'.
His best-known
work, however, dates from the two wars.
Turner designed
for Churchill Cigar Boxes, and, alongside paintings demonstrating his first-hand
experience of combat, produced illustrations for Illustrated London News
and Sphere magazines.
These included
'closely observed and highly detailed' naval actions, which presented 'a
heightened sense of the drama of events and these appeared as double-page
spreads'.
He died on April
14 1965.
Many of his oil
and watercolour paintings of the two World Wars are preserved in the collection
of the National Maritime Museum, London, and at the IWM, London."
- Information collated from: National Maritime Museum, Biography of Charles E Turner.
Surfboard
Riding.
Eric Rosenthal notes:
"Surfboards were
used at Muizenberg in 1904.
They were made
by H.W. Porter, a local boat builder, from 2.2 cm (1 in.) pine shelving.
The dimensions
were 1.5 m (5 ft.) long by 45 cm (18 in.) wide."
- Rosenthal, Eric,
Total South Africa (Pty) Limited: Total Book of South African Records.
Delta Books, 1982,
page 141.
See Source Documents:
1921 Lord Hamilton
: Surfriding at Muizenberg,
South Africa.
and
1922 Agatha Christie : Torquay,
Muizenberg, and Waikiki.
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