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Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate II.
Title
Mount Vesuvius: The Ancient Crater and the Changing Shape of the Little Mountain within It between 8 and 29 July 1767
Date
1776
Medium
etching & gouache on paper
Measurements
H 39.2 x W 21.3 cm
Accession number
43623i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome