Vittorio Emanuele II, when Duke of Savoy, later 1st King of Italy (1820-1878), with his right arm resting on a pink upholstered chair, in blue coat with silver-oak leaf embroidered red collar, silver lacing, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the chain and breast star of the Most Sacred Annunication and the badge of the Orders of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus on a green ribbon; pillar and sky and cloud background

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EMANUEL THOMAS PETER (AUSTRIAN, 1799-1873)
Vittorio Emanuele II, when Duke of Savoy, later 1st King of Italy (1820-1878), with his right arm resting on a pink upholstered chair, in blue coat with silver-oak leaf embroidered red collar, silver lacing, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the chain and breast star of the Most Sacred Annunication and the badge of the Orders of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus on a green ribbon; pillar and sky and cloud background
signed 'Em: Peter: [ :]' (mid-right)
rectangular, 4 3/16 x 3 3/8 in. (10.6 x 8.6 cm.), ormolu easel frame

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Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878), son of Carlo Alberto of Savoy-Carrignan, was King of Sardinia 1849-1861 and the first King of freshly united Italy 1861-1878. He married Maria Adelaide di Aburgo-Lorena (1822-1855) in 1842 and had issue.

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