2nd in pair of hand-colored engravings by and after Marroni; standing figure of Swiss Guard, in multicolored jacket and pantaloons, holding halberd.
Notes:
Small upright folio; plate marks, margins intact; slightly soiled; in folio yellow cloth portfolio, white leather label stamped gold "Uniforms of the Papal Guard, ca. 1830-50."
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