Mount Vesuvius erupting: view from the south, with surrounding countryside and coastline. Coloured etching by F. Morghen, 1752, after F. Geri, 1752.

  • Geri, Francesco, active approximately 1752.
Date:
[1752]
Reference:
42668i
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With letters marking the surrounding countryside, keyed to text below the image denoting areas and localities

Publication/Creation

[Naples] : [Giovanni di Simone], [1752]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 27.5 x 53.8 cm

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Veduta del Monte Vesuvio dalla parte di Mezzogiorno con la nuova bocca fatta all'Atrio del Cavallo. Fran<ces>co Geri Giardi<ni>er GMaggi<ore> di S.M. Sicil<iana> inv<en>tò e del<in>eò. Fili<pp>o Morghen scol:

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Drawn by Francesco Geri, head gardener to the King of Naples

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Wellcome Collection 42668i

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