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Mount Vesuvius smoking, a few days after the eruption of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: 1779Reference: 43752i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius emitting a column of smoke after its eruption on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43804i- Pictures
Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779, after a drawing by Father Antonio Piaggi.
Piaggi, Antonio, active 1779.Date: [1779]Reference: 43754i- Pictures
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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.Date: [1776]Reference: 43639i- Pictures
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People promenading down the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Coloured lithograph by G. Dura, 1850.
Dura, Gaetano.Date: 1850Reference: 43622i- Pictures
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Lava, scoriae and vitrified matter found after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43805i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a sailing boat, and spectators on the opposite shore. Gouache, 1828.
Date: 1828Reference: 43014i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius by night, erupting with smoke, fire, and lava, with houses on the Bay of Naples. Etching with engraving by Page.
Reference: 42973i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius: interior of the crater showing the flow of lava in an eruption. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, 1756.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43637i- Pictures
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Vesuvius in eruption, with spectators on the beach at Naples and the Neapolitan skyline in the foreground. Colour process print after J.M.W. Turner.
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.Reference: 42985i- Pictures
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Pieces of lava and vitrified, flinty matter found after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43806i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a sailing boat, and spectators on the opposite shore. Painting in gouache, 1829.
Date: 1829Reference: 43020i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius erupting dramatically in 1754, with three spectators looking on. Etching by R. Benard after Delarue.
De la Rue, draughtsman, active 18th century.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 42902i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius: the ancient crater and the changing shape of the little mountain within it between 8 and 29 July 1767. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43623i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius: a volcanic eruption at the foot of the mountain, 1760-1761, causing the destruction of the land and property. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his drawing, 1760-1761.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43638i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius erupting in 1755, seen from the west, with two small views of the volcano in 1631, and of the volcano's crater in section. Coloured etching by N. D'Oraty.
Reference: 42901i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius in quiescence by night, 1757, with the Bay of Naples and fishermen. Etching by R. Benard after Delarue.
De la Rue, draughtsman, active 18th century.Reference: 42903i- Pictures
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Interior of the crater of one of the little mountains raised by the eruption of Vesuvius in 1760, with large and small fragments of larva. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43640i- Pictures
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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 approximately 1752.Date: [1752]Reference: 42668i- Pictures
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An eruption of Vesuvius at night, 1829, showing the inside of the crater with smoke, fire and lava, and spectators looking on. Coloured aquatint.
Date: 1829Reference: 43079i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius at night, showing an eruption of smoke fire and lava at its base, with boats on the Bay of Naples in the foreground.
Reference: 43075i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius erupting violently at night over the bay of Naples, with two spectators and a guard on watch from the castle in the foreground. Gouache painting.
Reference: 42933i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius: a building at Ottajano destroyed by lava, 29 August 1834. Lithograph by F. Wenzel after H. Oates, 1834.
Oates, Harriette, active 1834?Date: [1834?]Reference: 43954i- Pictures
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Mount Vesuvius erupting at night, billowing clouds and flashes of lightning, and with many spectators viewing the event across the bay of Naples. Coloured mezzotint with etching by J.M. Mixelle after A. d'Anna.
Anna, Alessandro d'Reference: 42935i- Books
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Istoria dell'incendio del Vesuvio, accaduto nel mese di Maggio del' anno MDCCXXXVII. Scritta per l'Accademia delle scienze / [By F.S].
Serao, Francesco, 1702-1783.Date: 1738