The Last Act of the Italian Drama Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Three views of old London

Three views of old London Bridge and its temporary wooden replacement

Little Syon

led by the captains Francisco Gento and Denis Law

Wales and part of Scotland is placed between two groups of allegorical figures

Found in the collection of the National Gallery of Art

The Last Act of the Italian Drama Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Three views of old London'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.