Hausner Gábor szerk.: A Hadtörténeti Múzeum Értesítője = Acta Musei Militaris in Hungaria. 8. (Budapest, 2005)

ÉRTEKEZESEK, TANULMÁNYOK - CS. LENGYEL BEATRIX: Teleki Sándor gróf itáliai fotográfiái. Adatok a „vad gróf ikonográfiájához

whom he accompanied on his concert tour in Poland and Russia. At the 1846-1847 session of parliament in Transylvania, he took a stand for the emancipation of serfs. During the 1848-1849 Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence, he served as colonel and was awarded the 3rd Class of the Hungarian Order of Military Merit for his gallantry in the field. After the defeat of the freedom fight, he escaped from the dungeon in Arad through Belgrade to Constantinople. On 6 May 1852, Count Teleki was sentenced to death, symbolically executed in his absence and all his property was confiscated. At the beginning of the 1850s, Teleki lived in the Channel Islands (first in Jersey and then in Guernsey), an international centre for emigrants at that time. A newspaper tided UHomme was published there by French, Italian and Hungarian emigres, Count Teleki having been its correspondent dealing with foreign affairs. Together with other Hungarian emigrants, Teleki was among the closest friends of Victor Hugo, which is manifested by contemporary documents and photographs. Around 1856, Teleki married Lady Langdale (Johanna Bickersteth Harley, 1836-1870) and subsequently lived on his wife's estate in England. In 1859, at the call of Lajos Kossuth, he went to Italy, where he took part in the organisation of the Hungarian Legion, a union of Hungarian emigres in alliance with the French and the Italian, established during the French-Italian-Austrian war. In 1860, he joined Garibaldi, whom he had known before, and followed the "Thousands" to Sicily. He was fighting on Garibaldi's side in the South Italian campaign. For a short time, he was the commander of the Hungarian Legion, as well as the colonel in reserve of the Royal Italian Army and the owner of several orders and medals. Later, he settled in Bagni di Lucca, where he lived until 1867. After the Compromise between Austria and Hungary, he returned to his estate in Transylvania, where he lived together with his second wife, Mathilde Litez de Tiverval (1836-1910) and their four children. He wrote several books in colourful style on the events of his life that he considered important and his encounters with the celebrities of his age. The legacy and the portraits of Count Sándor Teleki have been scattered throughout the centuries. It is a most important task of Hungarian historians to complete his detailed biography and iconography. By cataloguing the count's portraits taken during his exile in Italy, the author wishes to contribute to this undertaking. The pictures that present this outstanding soldier of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence and the Italian Risorgimento, also a friend of Giuseppe Garibaldi and Lajos Kossuth, represent an early stage of photography. The catalogue contains the following data: the place of preservation of the photographs; the most important distinguishing features of the pictures; technique; the dates of taking the pictures; data concerning the photographers; names of the orders and medals worn by Count Sándor Teleki in the pictures. A number of the photographs introduced here have previously been unknown in Hungary, which makes their publication the more important.