Sbirri of the Kingdom of Naples. SBIRRI, from Ital. sbirri, an archer, a name given to a class of armed police in Italy, resembling the French gens’d’armes in every thing… Read More
Sbirri of the Kingdom of Naples 19th century.
Tag: Italian customs
Traditional Italian dress, culture and customs of the various regions.
Giovane ragazza napoletana. Costume italiano del XVIII secolo.
Young Neapolitan Girl. Italian 18th c. dress. Giovane ragazza napoletana. Costume italiano del XVIII secolo.
Représentation romantique en costume d’une paysanne italienne.
Romantic costume depiction of an Italian peasant woman. Costumes historiques par Achille Devéria
A Pilgrim going to Loretto. Shrine of the Holy House.
The shrines of Loreto and St. James of Gallicia cannot, like that of St. Thomas of Becket at Canterbury in former times, show the stones worn away by the devout kisses of the modern far-wandering penitent.
A female of Vercelli with peculiar head-dress. Italy Piedmont 1821.
A female of Vercelli, Piedmontese. This one of the most peculiar head-dresses belonging to the lower orders in Italy.
Donna di Torino. Woman of Turin. Italian popular costume of 1821.
AT Turin the dress of the females is very remarkable. The elaborate and various forms of their caps are singular and picturesque.