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  • Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (column krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a procession of four men (priests?), one of them playing the flute. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Stones or crystals from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Three Greek jugs. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine-mixing bowl (column krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a woman, a man holding a shield and a spear and a seated man holding a spear. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Three Greek pouring vessels; left, red-figured vessel; middle, black vessel with a handle; right, protocorinthian vessel (ca. 670 B.C.) decorated with black-figured swans. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek pouring vessel with a round body and a short spout; below, detail of decoration showing a stylised leopard. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Eight pieces of volcanic matter taken from the road leading from the Pisciarelli (spring) to the Solfatara. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Above, red-figured Greek perfume vessel (lekythos) decorated with figures and a palm motif; below, detail of decoration showing a naked man seated and a woman holding a dish. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine-mixing bowl (bell-krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a woman and two warriors, one of them holding a spear, the other holding a spear and a shield decoration with a snake. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Greek pouring vessel decorated with stylised foliage and geometric patterns (protocorinthian period 720-620 B.C. ?). Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek perfume jar (lekythos); below, detail of the decoration showing two seated women holding various objects. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • The lake of Agnano. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Above, black ground two-handled red-coloured Greek cup (kylix) decorated with an owl; below, black-figured Greek cup with horizontal handles and a narrow stand, decorated with two figures, a sphinx and a pattern of stylised foliage. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (column krater); below, detail of decoration showing two men and two women. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcanos of the two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London / by Sir William Hamilton... with 54 plates ... from drawings taken ... by the editor, Mr. P. Fabris.--Observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles, etc.
  • Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcanos of the two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London / by Sir William Hamilton... with 54 plates ... from drawings taken ... by the editor, Mr. P. Fabris.--Observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles, etc.
  • The crater of Monte Gauro or Barbaro (right), with other volcanic features in the background. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (bell-krater); below, detail of decoration showing two women and a naked man, seated and holding a spear. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek water jar (hydria) decorated with a palm motif; below, detail of decoration showing a naked man and a woman holding a dish. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine-jug (oinochoe); below, detail of the decoration showing a woman holding a torch (most probably Demeter on her quest to find her daughter Persephone) and a satyr. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek drinking cup (skyphos) with horizontal handles; below, detail of decoration showing a man holding a hoop and a woman, standing in front of him. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Mount Vesuvius: interior of the crater showing the flow of lava in an eruption. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, 1756.
  • Above, black-figured Greek cup (kylix); below, detail of decoration showing two friezes of satyrs dancing with maenads. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • The Porto Pavone on the island of Nisida, showing the curved sides of a sunken crater; Pietro Fabris sketching and Sir William Hamilton in the foreground. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Above, detail of the decoration on the neck of the red-figured volute-krater also called "the Hamilton Vase", showing a female head emerging from an intricate design of scrolls and flowers; below left, detail of a handle; below right, detail of palm motif. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Red-figured Greek wine-mixing bowl (column-krater) decorated with two men holding bows and a woman with a dog (Artemis?). Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcanos of the two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London / by Sir William Hamilton... with 54 plates ... from drawings taken ... by the editor, Mr. P. Fabris.--Observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles, etc.
  • Interior of the cone of the Somma mountain, showing strata of lava. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Pieces of volcanic minerals from Solfatara. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • A marble vase placed on a pedestal. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.