The Last Act of the Italian Drama Size:XL: 100 x 75cm led by the captains Francisco

led by the captains Francisco Gento and Denis Law

View of willow trees on the River Thames at Battersea

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Houses at the rear of the 17th century house of Sir Paul Pindar at no169 Bishopsgate

The Last Act of the Italian Drama Size:XL: 100 x 75cm led by the captains Francisco'The Last Act of the Italian Drama', 1861. The final act of the ongoing problems surrounding the unification of Italy. King Victor Emmanuel II on the left and Napoleon on the right. In the background are Pope Pius IX and his band of 'brigands'. The setting is a theatre and the curtain is just about to rise. From Punch, or the London Charivari, September 21 1861.