Little mountains raised in 1760 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, inland and offshore. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

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

Capri in the distance. Lava forming rope-like patterns in the left foreground

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

1 print : etching, with gouache ; platemark 21.2 x 39.5 cm

Wellcome Collection 43639i