Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
- Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.
- Date:
- [1779]
- Reference:
- 43751i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Taken from the King's palace at Posillipo
Publication/Creation
[Naples] : [P. Fabris], [1779]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with gouache ; image 6 x 18.2 cm
References note
On Fabris's coloured prints for Hamilton's Campi phlegraei see B. Fothergill, Sir William Hamilton envoy extraordinary, New York 1969, pp. 138-143, and John Thackray, '"The modern Pliny": Hamilton and Vesuvius', in Ian Jenkins and Kim Sloan, Vases and volcanoes, London 1996, pp. 65-74
Reference
Wellcome Collection 43751i
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores