Il bravo gendarme
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Caption | Il bravo gendarme. In una corrispondenza dal Cairo, Virgilio Lilli del Corriere della Sera narra un episodio toccante della guerra in Egitto. Mentre le navi anglo-francesi cannoneggiavano Porta Said un gendarme egiziano, di guardia al Consolato d'Italia, rimase al suo posto appoggiato a un lungo fucile nonostante che il console Vincenti Mareri e altri l'avessero scongiurato di mettersi al sicuro. Lo trovarono col fucile in pugno piu tardi, dopo il cannoneggiamento, a terra, in una pozza di sangue, morto. Illustration for La Domenica del Corriere, 9 December 1956. |
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Creator | Walter Molino, Italian (1915–1997) |
Artwork medium | colour lithograph |
Permissions | Not available for licensing for copyright and/or trademark reasons. |
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