LNB5906115: Verdi, caricatured at a table, drooping on score with his hand holding his forehead. Caricature by Delfico. Caption reads: 'Lo spartito di un seccatore'. Literally: 'The score of a bore'. Verdi is painfully reading some composition given to him for judgement. Italian composer (1813-1901). / Bridgeman Images
LNB5906190: Lola Montes (or Montez). Lithograph by Alophe after a portrait by Dartiguenave. Irish adventurer and dancer (1818-1861) who seduced king Louis II of Bavaria and caused his abdication in 1848. Her affair with Liszt also caused the end of his relationship with Marie d' Agoult in 1844.Colourised. / Bridgeman Images