Bandits armed with guns drink with women outside an Italian country inn; in the foreground are a couple on horseback. Coloured etching by B. Pinelli, 1820.

  • Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.
Date:
1820
Reference:
26922i
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Description

The inn-sign shows the sign of the scorpion. "In July 1819 Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Secretary of State at the Vatican, ordered Sonnino to be razed to the ground as it had become a notorious haunt of the banditi in the Campagna di Roma." (Wikipedia)

Publication/Creation

1820

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 31.5 x 40.8 cm

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Lettering

Esterno di una osteria di campagna, con costumi Sonninesi. Pinelli inv. e inc. Roma 1820

Reference

Wellcome Collection 26922i

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    26922i.1

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    26922i.2

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