'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.
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