Lorenzo Valerio, Senator of Italy - Original Engraving by Metzmacher

Original 19th-century engraving with the half-length portrait of Lorenzo Valerio (1810-1865), Piedmontese politician and journalist and senator of the kingdom of Italy, engraved on steel by Metzmacher. It belongs to the same series of portraits of figures of the Risorgimento as that of Urbano Rattazzi.

Medium: Steel engraving.
Engraver / lithographer: Metzmacher.
Date: 19th century.
Condition: Good impression, with wide margins. Paper with toning and foxing scattered through the margins.