PEPOLI

Count Carlo . b. 1800; joined in attempts to overthrow the Papal government and was head of provisional government in Bologna 1831; lived in England 1831–59; naturalised in England 18 Feb. 1847; held an appointment in Glasgow univ.; brought with him from Italy a collection of pictures by the old masters which was sold in London 1850; rector of Bologna univ. 1859; Rosa M. Kettle in her novel My home in the shires 1876 introduced him under the name of The Marchese di Petralva; author of I puritan i e cavalier i, a serious opera in 3 acts 1835; Malek-Adel, a drama 1837; On the language and literature of Italy, an inaugural lecture in University college London 1838; he also published various works in Bologna, Ginevra, Milan, and Pinerolo 1827–81. d. Palazzo Pepoli, giá Albergati, Bologna 6 Dec. 1881. Colburn’s New monthly mag. Dec. 1882 pp. 29–35; Art Journal ii 127 (1850).