The Last Act of the Italian Drama Size:XL: 100 x 75cm The station was never built

The station was never built to this design

View of willow trees on the River Thames at Battersea

'Four for Six pence Mackrell'

view of the remains of the Scottish abbey

and commence battle with Hogarth's paintings on the right

The Last Act of the Italian Drama Size:XL: 100 x 75cm The station was never built'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.