2-715-753 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Masaniello Haranguing the Populace of Naples', (7 July 1647), 1890. Masaniello (1622-1647) Italian fisherman who became leader of the revolt against the rule of Habsburg Spain in Naples. On 7 July 1647, a riot broke out at the city gates between fruit-vendors and customs officers. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]