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A jet of steam on a sulphur mountain, Iceland. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1811, after Sir George Mackenzie.

"Vulcan's cave" on the Solfatara, near Naples, showing volcanic gases and the processing of alum. Etching by Bénard after Delarue.

Hot mud wells in the crater of the volcano Papandayan, Java. Coloured lithograph by W.J. Gordon after P. van Oort, 1833.

A cauldron of boiling mud on a sulphur mountain, Iceland. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1811, after Sir George Mackenzie.

A crater on the island of Vulcano, Lipari islands. Coloured aquatint, 1812, after Luigi Mayer.

Tangkubanperahu volcano, Java: Kawa Ratu, the active crater. Colour lithograph after Hochstetter.

Hveravellir hot springs, Iceland. Etching.

Tangkubanparahu volcano, Java: the Ratu fumarole and crater. Colour lithograph by W.J. Gordon after P. van Oort.

Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

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Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

A cauldron of boiling mud on a sulphur mountain, Iceland. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1811, after Sir George Mackenzie.

Hot mud wells in the crater of the volcano Papandayan, Java. Coloured lithograph by W.J. Gordon after P. van Oort, 1833.

Hveravellir hot springs, Iceland. Etching.

A crater on the island of Vulcano, Lipari islands. Coloured aquatint, 1812, after Luigi Mayer.