Entrance of the grotto at Posillipo, called Piedigrotta, reputed to be Virgil's tomb. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

  • Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.
Date:
[1776]
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43641i
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Description

Designed to show the volcanic tufa of which most of the high ground above Naples is composed

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

Publication/Creation

[Naples] : [P. Fabris], [1776]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with gouache ; platemark 20.3 x 39.5 cm

Lettering

PF

References note

J.B. Trapp, 'The grave of Vergil', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 1984, vol. 47, pp. 1-31, p. 24

Reference

Wellcome Collection 43641i

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