Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779, after a drawing by Father Antonio Piaggi.

  • Piaggi, Antonio, active 1779.
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[1779]
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43754i
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View from Portici

Publication/Creation

[Naples] : [P. Fabris], [1779]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with gouache ; image 6 x 8.5 cm

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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

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Wellcome Collection 43754i

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