The post mortem portrait of the brigand Chiappariello di Nola, 1855, Naples, The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. [1242 x 2048]

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__Jank__

Looks like an exit wound. You can’t outrun a bullet.
weecefwew

this period of Italian history really haunted Sicily for a long time, well into the 20th century
catopleba1992

The soldier looks like a “bersagliere” (originally a Piedmontese infantry corps) so I think that at the very least this photo was taken after 1861, which is when the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont annexed the Kingdom of the two Sicilies.

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