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PORTRAITS – ITALY and the …
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Estimate €200

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PHOTOS 19th CENTURY / 1860–1870 / PORTRAITS – ITALY and the HOUSE OF SAVOY – ROYALTIES & CELEBRITIES. - TEN (10) photographs on paper, bromide prints mounted on card in visiting-card format (approximately 10.5 x 6.3 cm). FAMOUS FIGURES: the Marquise d’Adda of Milan, the Prince of Carignan 1868, Queen of Naples Marie Sophie of Bavaria 1865, Duchess of Calabria and Queen Consort of the Two Sicilies, King of Naples Francis II of the Two Sicilies, King of Piedmont Victor Emmanuel II, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, a key figure in Italian unification, General Giovanni Durando, Minister of War, supporter and key figure in the unification of Italy, plus three different portraits of GARIBALDI, the Italian patriot born in Nice who achieved Italian unification at the head of his ‘Italian Legion’. PHOTOGRAPHERS: anonymous, with the caption ‘photographed in Palermo, June 1860 (Garibaldi)’, PANCO in Vienna, DURONI & MURER in Paris/Milan, photographers to His Majesty the King of Italy, ROSSI GIULIO PITORE of Milan (“patent for the Crozat system”), MAYER & PIERSON in Paris (“photographers to the Emperor”), PESME in Paris, Alphonse BERNOUD, photographer to His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Prince of Carignan, Naples–Livorno–Florence, Emilio MAZA in Milan.

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About the sale SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862

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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM

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625 - PHOTOS 19th CENTURY / 1860–1870 / PORTRAITS – ITALY and the … See original version (French)

625 - PHOTOS 19th CENTURY / 1860–1870 / PORTRAITS – ITALY and the …
See original version (French)