2-888-294 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Reception of Hungarian Exiles in Philadelphia, [USA], 1850. Hungarian revolutionary leader Laszlo Uhjazi' ...with his lady and family, arrived...from New York. Immense crowds received them with great enthusiasm...Mr. Uhjazy, coming into the street, was received with cheers by the people; and he addressed the crowd in the German language. The venerable face of the old grey-bearded hero - ruddy by the bright glow of a hundred torches, carried by the serenaders - gave a romantic contrast with the deep shadow in the background. His speech was interrupted several times by the shouts of his auditors'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.