Ruggiero Settimo. Presidente del Comitato Generale di Sicilia. Palermo Gennaro. 1848.
P. Priolo.
Palermo Lit. Minneci via Toledo No. 230.
Lithograph. Sheet: 485 x 315mm (19 x 12½"), with large margins. Damage in left edge.
A seated portrait of Italian politician, diplomat and patriotic activist from Sicily Ruggero Settimo (1778-1863). Settimo was a protagonist during the Sicilian revolution of independence in 1848 and then in 1860 he became President of the Senate in the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.
From the collection of Lady Elizabeth Fielding (1773-1846), mother of William Henry Fox-Talbot, and her family.
[Ref: 46456] £220.00
Palermo Lit. Minneci via Toledo No. 230.
Lithograph. Sheet: 485 x 315mm (19 x 12½"), with large margins. Damage in left edge.
A seated portrait of Italian politician, diplomat and patriotic activist from Sicily Ruggero Settimo (1778-1863). Settimo was a protagonist during the Sicilian revolution of independence in 1848 and then in 1860 he became President of the Senate in the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.
From the collection of Lady Elizabeth Fielding (1773-1846), mother of William Henry Fox-Talbot, and her family.
[Ref: 46456] £220.00