Antonio Basoli (1774–1848) was an Italian painter, interior designer, scenic designer and engraver, worked as a set designer and decorator for theaters around Bologna and decorated various palazzo’s. In 1839, Basoli published “Alfabeto Pittorico, ossia raccolta di pensieri pittorici composti di oggetti comincianti dalle singole lettere alfabetiche” (Pictorial Alphabet, a collection of pictorial thoughts composed of objects beginning with the individual letters of the alphabet), an album of twenty-five lithographs, in which every letter looks like a scene from another play.
