2-752-144 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'H. M. Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy', c1910s, (c1920). Portrait of Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947) who reigned for nearly 46 years. After the assassination of Umberto I in 1900, the Kingdom of Italy became involved in two world wars. Victor Emmanuel's reign also encompassed the birth, rise, and fall of Italian Fascism. Frontispiece from "The Great World War: A History", Volume V, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]