Title

Naples. Vesuvius in the Distance - from an original sketch, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Naples. Vesuvius in the Distance - from an original sketch, 1850. Volcanic eruption in Italy: 'The lava has already passed over many miles of highly cultivated land...The advancing stream, however, has given plenty of time for the peasants, whose houses were menaced, to clear off all moveable articles...Several of the many thousands who visit the mountain day and night have, by venturing too near the crater, received serious injury from the falling stones...The sunset effect on the grand column of smoke, as seen from any point of the bay, is magnificent. The round masses of cloud expand from the mouth of the crater until reaching a height about that of the mountain from the sea, and then cover the sky with variegated forms, blazing with hot golden tints, which entirely obscure the belt of mountains surrounding the bay of Naples'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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HRM22A34_140

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Keywords

transport transportation Europe city sea Italy coast coastal bay mountain mountains harbour trade port ship ships British geography action dramatic volcano Campania cityscape location Victorian century Britain newspapers press erupting concept eruption B&W engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships Naples 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W Napoli Mount Vesuvius nineteenth century Vesuvius The Print Collector Bay of Naples geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper landscape Gulf of Naples Unknown 19th-century