The dockside in Naples: a man is cooking snails in a pot over an open fire, while another man reads aloud from a book by Ariosto. Watercolour painting.

Date:
1800-1899
Reference:
30531i
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The dockside in Naples: a man is cooking snails in a pot over an open fire, while another man reads aloud from a book by Ariosto. Watercolour painting. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the background are the Molo (jetty) and Mount Vesuvius (volcano)

Publication/Creation

1800-1899

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 15.4 x 22 cm

Lettering

Cooking snails. Mole Naples. Reading Ariosto.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 30531i

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