Luigi Borgomainerio
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Luigi Borgomainerio was an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 engraver and caricaturist, who was active in the late 19th century.

Born at Como
Como
Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....

 in 1836, Borgomainerio was one of the cleverest caricaturists in the Spirito Folletto, and the founder of the Mefistofele. Subsequently he went to Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 to engage in similar work for a comic paper, but died at Rio Janeiro in 1876, soon after his arrival.
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