A quarry from which stones were cut to make the pavements of Naples, showing strata of lava from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

  • Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.
Date:
[1776]
Reference:
43628i
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On Fabris's coloured prints for Hamilton's Campi phlegraei see B. Fothergill, Sir William Hamilton envoy extraordinary, New York 1969, pp. 138-143, and John Thackray, '"The modern Pliny": Hamilton and Vesuvius', in Ian Jenkins and Kim Sloan, Vases and volcanoes, London 1996, pp. 65-74

Publication/Creation

[Naples] : [P. Fabris], [1776]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with gouache ; platemark 21.6 x 39.6 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 43628i

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