Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Unknown man, called Giuseppe Garibaldi NPG Ax16271

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Z. Bioni

Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a pivotal role in the unification of Italy. Born in Nice, he was christened Joseph-Marie Garibaldi on 4 July 1807. Drawn into life at sea by his family's involvement with coastal trade, he was certified as a merchant navy captain in 1832. The following year in Russia he met Giovanni Battista Cuneo a politically active immigrant and member of the secret Young Italy movement of Giuseppe Mazzini. Garibaldi joined the society taking an oath dedicating himself to the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.