CHT241223 Heroic incident during the Piedmontese campaign of the Italian war of Independence in 1848 (colour litho) by Grimaldi del Poggetto, Stanislas (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: Brigadier Fiora of the regiment \'Novara Cavalleria\' fights off 3 Uhlan Austrian soldiers; defeats enemy and rejoins his own regiment; comparison to the Roman hero, Horatius Cocles; Grimaldi was one of the earliest war artists; himself a cavalry officer he was commissioned by the Minister of War, Marmora, to illustrate the principal events of the Italian war of Independence;); 穢 Archives Charmet; Italian, out of copyright.