Description
The Late Guiseppe Garibaldi is from an original 1874 Graphic Newspaper. Printed from a wood engraving of a portrait of Garibaldi who was a military leader who led a movement that united Italy in the mid-1800s. He stood in opposition to the oppression of the Italian people, and his revolutionary instincts inspired people on both sides of the Atlantic.
Annotation
An original Graphic Newspaper featuring the portrait of the late Guiseppe Garibaldi is from an original 1882 Graphic Newspaper. Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) – Italian Patriot, a soldier of the Risorgimento. Illustration from The Graphic, (10 June 1882). Condition is fine light creases in the corners – light aging throughout – shrink-wrapped for protection – adult collection and smoke-free environment. The text reads: born at Nice, July 4th, 1807 Died at Caprera June 2, 1882. Supplement to the Graphic, 1882.
about Giuseppe Garibaldi
Garibaldi was a military leader who led a movement that united Italy in the mid-1800s. He stood in opposition to the oppression of the Italian people, and his revolutionary instincts inspired people on both sides of the Atlantic. He lived an adventurous life, which included stints as a fisherman, sailor, and soldier. And his activities led him into exile, which meant living for a time in South America and even, at one point, in New York.
Early Life
Giuseppe Garibaldi was born in Nice on July 4, 1807. His father was a fisherman and also piloted trading vessels along the Mediterranean coast. When Garibaldi was a child, Nice, which had been ruled by Napoleonic France, came under the control of the Italian kingdom of Piedmont Sardinia. It’s likely that Garibaldi’s great desire to unite Italy was rooted in his childhood experience of essentially seeing the nationality of his hometown being changed. Resisting his mother’s wish that he join the priesthood, Garibaldi went to sea at the age of 15.
From sea captain to rebel and fugitive
Garibaldi was certified as a sea captain by the age of 25, and in the early 1830’s he became involved in the “Young Italy” movement led by Giuseppe Mazzini. The party was devoted to the liberation and unification of Italy, large parts of which were then ruled by Austria or the Papacy. A plot to overthrow the Piedmontese government failed, and Garibaldi, who was involved, was forced to flee. The government sentenced him to death in absentia. Unable to return to Italy, he sailed to South America.
Guerrilla fighter and rebel in South America
For more than a dozen years Garibaldi lived in exile, making a living at first as a sailor and a trader. He was drawn to rebel movements in South America and fought in Brazil and Uruguay. Garibaldi led forces that were victorious over the Uruguayan dictator, and he was credited with ensuring the liberation of Uruguay. Exhibiting a keen sense of the dramatic, Garibaldi adopted the red shirts worn by South American gauchos as a personal trademark. In later years his billowing red shirts would be a prominent part of his public image.
Hailed as an Italian military hero
Garibaldi intended to go to Sicily, to join a rebellion there, but was drawn into a conflict at Rome. In 1849 Garibaldi, taking the side of a newly formed revolutionary government, led Italian forces battling French troops who were loyal to the Pope. After addressing the Roman assembly following a brutal battle, while still carrying a bloody sword, Garibaldi was encouraged to flee the city. Garibaldi’s South American born wife, Anita, who had fought alongside him, died during the perilous retreat from Rome. Garibaldi himself escaped to Tuscany, and eventually to Nice.
The ” Thousand red shirts”
Political upheaval again led Garibaldi into battle. In May 1860 he landed in Sicily with his followers, who came to be known as the “Thousand Red Shirts.” Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan troops, essentially conquering the island, and then crossed the Straits of Messina to the Italian mainland. After matching northward, Garibaldi reached Naples and made a triumphant entry into the undefended city on September 7, 1860. He declared himself dictator. Seeking a peaceful unification of Italy, Garibaldi turned over his southern conquests to the Piedmontese king and returned to his island farm.
Garibaldi unified Italy
The eventual unification of Italy took more than a decade. Garibaldi made several attempts to seize Rome in the 1860s and was captured three times and sent back to his farm. In the Franco-Prussian War, Garibaldi, out of sympathy for the newly formed French Republic, briefly fought against the Prussians.
As a result of the Franco-Prussian War, the Italian government took control of Rome, and Italy was essentially united. Garibaldi was eventually voted a pension by the Italian government, and he was considered a national hero until his death on June 2, 1882. credit: Thought Co.
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