Monday, March 3, 2008

William Gale - Naples1859




[Naples 1859]

this picture refers to political prisoners in Naples under the regime of Ferdinand II which aroused a lot of disgust in England and sympathy for the prisoners, a batc of whom were warmly welcomed in Bristol (and later London) in 1859.

1823 - 1909.


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