Panorama of Rome at the Fall of the Roman Republic of 1849
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
Rome MDCCCXLIX.
London: William Little, 1869 . Wood engraving. 395 x 1150mm.
A prospect of Rome from a hill in the south west, from an Illustrated London News Supplement. It shows the city under occupation by French soldiers, following the defeat of the defenders, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi. The Republic has forced the Pope to flee; French troops kept him in power until the Fronco-Prussian War a decade later.
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Panorama of Rome at the Fall of the Roman Republic of 1849
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
Rome MDCCCXLIX.
London: William Little, 1869 . Wood engraving. 395 x 1150mm.
A prospect of Rome from a hill in the south west, from an Illustrated London News Supplement. It shows the city under occupation by French soldiers, following the defeat of the defenders, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi. The Republic has forced the Pope to flee; French troops kept him in power until the Fronco-Prussian War a decade later.
Stock ID : 19914
SOLD
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