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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 ca. 1752
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- [1752]
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Credit: Mount Vesuvius erupting: view from the south, with surrounding countryside and coastline. Coloured etching by F. Morghen, 1752, after F. Geri, 1752. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Description
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
Lettering
Veduta del Monte Vesuvio dalla parte di Mezzogiorno con la nuova bocca fatta all'Atrio del Cavallo. Franco Geri Giardier GMaggi di S.M. Sicil invtò e deleò. Filio Morghen scol:
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 42668i
Creator/production credits
Drawn by Francesco Geri, head gardener to the King of Naples
Type/Technique
Languages
- Italian