Mount Vesuvius in eruption in 1767, from the mole at Naples. Coloured mezzotint by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, 1767.

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

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 20 October 1767

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

1 print : etching, with gouache ; platemark 21.4 x 39.5 cm

Wellcome Collection 43626i