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

  • Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.
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[1776]
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43639i
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Little mountains raised in 1760 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, inland and offshore. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 43639i

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