Title

Specimens of volcanic matter found in the crater of Vesuvius, 1776.

Caption

Specimens of volcanic matter found in the crater of Vesuvius, Plate XXXXVI, from 'Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies', by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), published 1776 (hand coloured engraving).
Historica Graphica Collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D80_116

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No

License type

Rights managed

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43,8Mb (3,0Mb) / 17,5in x 9,8in / 5236 x 2925 (300dpi)

Keywords

yellow colour colourful lava powder illustration salt quarry tufa air bubble fragments specimens sulphur pumice stone variegated 18th century tufas Historica Graphica Collection Fabris Pietro (fl.1768-78) hand coloured engraving Fabris Pietro (fl.1768-78) Versuvius volcanic matter fistular salts pummice black crystals vitriol