A current of lava emerging from Mount Vesuvius, 1777. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
- Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.
- Date:
- [1779]
- Reference:
- 43753i
- Pictures
About this work
Publication/Creation
[Naples] : [P. Fabris], [1779]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with gouache ; image 6 x 8.5 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 43753i
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