77 results filtered with: Vesuvius (Italy)
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Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779, after a drawing by Father Antonio Piaggi.
Piaggi, Antonio, active 1779.Date: [1779]Reference: 43754i
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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.
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An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; people watching the eruption in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by F. Weber after A. d'Anna.
Anna, Alessandro d', active approximately 1765.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 575698i- Books
Observations on the manners and customs of Italy, : with remarks on the vast importance of British commerce on that continent; also, particulars of the wonderful explosion of Mount Vesuvius, taken on the spot at midnight, in June, 1794, when the beautiful and extensive city of Torre del Greco was buried under the blazing river of lava from the mountain; likewise, an account of very many extraordinary cures produced by a preparation of opium, in a variety of obstinate cases, according to the practice in Asia; with many physical remarks collected in Italy, well deserving the attention of most families. / By a gentleman authorised to investigate the commerce of that country with Great-Britain.
Brooke, N.Date: 1798
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The island of Ischia seen from the sea, showing volcanic features. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43670i- Books
Dissertationes medico-physicae. De antris lethiferis. De Montis Vesuvii incendio. De stupendo ossium coalitu. De immani hypogastrii sarcomate / A D. Bernardo Connor.
Connor, Bernard, 1666?-1698.Date: 1695
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The Fossa Grande of Mount Vesuvius, showing the deep hollow ways cut by torrents of rainwater. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43678i- Books
Sketches of Vesuvius, with short accounts of its principal eruptions. From the commencement of the Christian era to the present time / By John Auldjo.
Auldjo, John, 1805-1886.Date: 1833
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The blessed Francesco Saverio Maria Bianchi blesses poor and sick people; his goodness arrests the eruption of Vesuvius. Process print.
Date: 1900-1999Reference: 563341i
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Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, with smoke, fire, and lava, over the Bay of Naples. Gouache, 1794.
Date: 1794Reference: 42986i- Pictures
Mount Vesuvius erupting, and people attacking an image of Saint Januarius for not preventing the eruption. Wood engraving by G. Durand after S.P. Hall (?).
Hall, Sydney Prior, 1842-1922.Date: [1872]Reference: 2821918i
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Observations on the manners and customs of Italy, : with remarks on the vast importance of British commerce on that continent; also, particulars of the wonderful explosion of Mount Vesuvius, taken on the spot at midnight, in June, 1794, when the beautiful and extensive city of Torre del Greco was buried under the blazing river of lava from the mountain; likewise, an account of very many extraordinary cures produced by a preparation of opium, in a variety of obstinate cases, according to the practice in Asia; with many physical remarks collected in Italy, well deserving the attention of most families. / By a gentleman authorised to investigate the commerce of that country with Great-Britain.
Brooke, N.Date: 1798- Books
Histoire et phénomènes du Vésuve / Exposés par le Pere Dom Jean-Marie Della-torre... ; Traduction de l'italien par M. l'Abbé Péton.
Torre, Giovanni Maria della, 1713-1782.Date: 1760
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Benjamin Moseley. Stipple engraving by Marie-Anne Bourlier after R.M. Paye.
Paye, Richard Morton, 1750-1821.Reference: 7060i
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Lacco (Lacco Ameno), on the island of Ischia composed of volcanic tufa, with other islands raised by volcanic eruptions: view at sunset. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43672i
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Molo Beverello, Naples, with Mount Vesuvius in the background. Gouache painting, 18--.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 575679i
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A man in Naples has set up a stall under an awning and he is selling macaroni to families and travellers. Coloured lithograph.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 30336i- Pictures
A current of lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius in 1777. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43756i
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Mount Vesuvius: interior of the crater showing the little mountain inside it, with spectators. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43636i
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Mount Vesuvius erupting: view from the south, with surrounding countryside and coastline. Coloured etching by F. Morghen, 1752, after F. Geri, 1752.
Geri, Francesco, active approximately 1752.Date: [1752]Reference: 42668i
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Pieces of lava and vitrified, flinty matter found after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43806i
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Mount Vesuvius: a building at Ottajano destroyed by lava, 29 August 1834. Lithograph by F. Wenzel after H. Oates, 1834.
Oates, Harriette, active 1834?Date: [1834?]Reference: 43954i
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People promenading down the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Coloured lithograph by G. Dura, 1850.
Dura, Gaetano.Date: 1850Reference: 43622i
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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.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43640i
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Stones or crystals from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43731i