Fattori received an award at the Parma exhibition of 1870 for his battle scene "Prince Amadeo Feritio at Custoza". On a trip to Rome in 1872 he made studies for "Horse Market at Terracina" ("painting destroyed") for which he received a bronze medal at the World Exhibition of Vienna in 1873 and again at the Philadelphia World's Fair in 1876. The trip also provided material for "Roman Carts" (1872-1873).