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  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption in 1767, from the mole at Naples. Coloured mezzotint by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, 1767.
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting in 1755, seen from the west, with two small views of the volcano in 1631, and of the volcano's crater in section. Coloured etching by N. D'Oraty.
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting violently at night over the bay of Naples, with two spectators and a guard on watch from the castle in the foreground. Gouache painting.
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting dramatically in 1754, with three spectators looking on. Etching by R. Benard after Delarue.
  • Vesuvius in eruption, with spectators on the beach at Naples and the Neapolitan skyline in the foreground. Colour process print after J.M.W. Turner.
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting violently at night over the bay of Naples, with two spectators and a guard on watch from the castle in the foreground. Gouache painting.
  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, with smoke, fire, and lava, over the Bay of Naples. Gouache, 1794.
  • Interior of the crater of one of the little mountains raised by the eruption of Vesuvius in 1760, with large and small fragments of larva. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Mount Vesuvius: a building at Ottajano destroyed by lava, 29 August 1834. Lithograph by F. Wenzel after H. Oates, 1834.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Eruption of Mount Vesuvius; lava covering dwellings. Gouache painting by Mauton, 1834.
  • An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; boat and two men in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by J.W. Edy after J. More, 1800.
  • An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; people watching the eruption in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by Fr. Weber after A. d'Anna.
  • An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; people watching the eruption in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by F. Weber after A. d'Anna.
  • The bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius erupting and covered in snow, 6 January 1836. Gouache painting by Mauton, 1836.
  • A volcanic eruption in Herculaneum (?), showing the advance of lava flow over walls, with Vesuvius visible in the background. Gouache painting, 1861.
  • Mount Vesuvius in winter, covered with snow. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, ca. 1754.
  • Molo Beverello, Naples, with Mount Vesuvius in the background. Gouache painting, 18--.
  • Dissertationes medico-physicae. De antris lethiferis. De Montis Vesuvii incendio. De stupendo ossium coalitu. De immani hypogastrii sarcomate / A D. Bernardo Connor.
  • Entrance of the grotto at Posillipo, called Piedigrotta, reputed to be Virgil's tomb. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • The valley Atrio di Cavallo between Vesuvius and Somma, showing smoke emerging from Vesuvius before eruption. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Dissertationes medico-physicae. De antris lethiferis. De Montis Vesuvii incendio. De stupendo ossium coalitu. De immani hypogastrii sarcomate / A D. Bernardo Connor.