Vue du cratere du Vesuve

Made:: 1822

maker:: Ferdinand Mori

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Vue du cratere du Vesuve
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Print. Aquatint, sepia: Vue du cratere du Vesuve apres l'eruption d'Octobre 1822... account by Marco di Pietro, after nature by Hector Grifoni, engraved by Ferdinand Mori. With inset showing cone and debris of last lava. Account of Vesuvius includes detail of visit by Baron Humboldt and the King of Prussia; delineates explorers at volcano crater edge; polluted atmosphere, smoke clouds. Sheet 41.5x57.5cm.

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Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1997-377

Materials:: aquatint and paper

Measurements:: overall: 415 x 575 mm

type:: print

credit:: Grosvenor Prints

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