print;
satirical print;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1867,0112.167-175
- Description
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'Il Lampione', the illustrated newspaper published in Florence, each issue consisting of a single folio sheet folded in halves, forming two pages of letterpress with a wood-engraved headpiece, and a central double-page folding satirical lithograph; a group of nine random issues comprising
Anno VI (1863) nos 185,188,189,190
Anno VII (1864) nos 88,96,98
Anno VIII (1865) nos 3,6
- Production date
- 1863-1865
- Dimensions
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Height: 360 millimetres
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Width: 260 millimetres (whole sheet first page)
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- Curator's comments
- The satirical journal 'Il Lampione' was first published in Florence in 1848, but was suppressed after one year by the authorities in Tuscany. Its founder Carlo Collodi (real name Carlo Lorenzini, and the author of 'Pinocchio') revived it in 1860.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0112.167-175
