Rare Italian hand-coloured lithographic frieze depicting the Neapolitan nobility in costume by Antonio Nicolini

In later giltwood, faux bamboo frame.

This frieze is composed of 13 sections, with 84 numbered figures, organised in groups dressed as Scots, Tartars in French fashions, dancing quadrilles for the Shah, others masquerading as Italian Poets, Dante, Petrarca, Aristo and Tasso, offering tributes to the court, with musical score beneath.