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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.

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius; lava covering dwellings. Gouache painting by Mauton, 1834.

Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcanos of the two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London / by Sir William Hamilton... with 54 plates ... from drawings taken ... by the editor, Mr. P. Fabris.--Observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles, etc.

Lava, scoriae and vitrified matter found after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; boat and two men in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by J.W. Edy after J. More, 1800.

Dissertationes medico-physicae. De antris lethiferis. De Montis Vesuvii incendio. De stupendo ossium coalitu. De immani hypogastrii sarcomate / A D. Bernardo Connor.

Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller at a stand on the street corner. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and Dura.

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.

Polished schists of marble and other mixed stones from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

Figures representing the investigation of nature; in the background, Pliny the elder being killed while investigating Vesuvius during its eruption. Engraving by J. Wangner after G. Eichler the younger, ca. 1759.

Mount Vesuvius by night, erupting with smoke, fire, and lava, with houses on the Bay of Naples. Etching with engraving by Page.

Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

A current of lava emerging from Mount Vesuvius, 1777. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

The cone of Mount Vesuvius smoking before the eruption of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

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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.

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius; lava covering dwellings. Gouache painting by Mauton, 1834.

Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

A current of lava emerging from Mount Vesuvius, 1777. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

The cone of Mount Vesuvius smoking before the eruption of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.