Capture of Bastion no. 9, from Souvenirs d’Italie: Expédition de Rome c. 1860

"Capture of Bastion no. 9" is a lithograph by François Hippolyte Lalaisse, created around 1860. It depicts a scene of a military battle, likely from the Second Italian War of Independence, showing soldiers charging towards a fort. The artwork is part of a series titled “Souvenirs d’Italie: Expédition de Rome,” which captured the artist’s experiences during the Roman Republic. This lithograph, now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, offers a glimpse into the intensity and drama of 19th-century warfare.