Vesuvius erupting mb-code 1645652 Nos 412-418 Strand

Nos 412-418 Strand

including old St Paul's Cathedral

and proposed that Irish tenant farmers should have fixity of tenure

with men in the foreground

scene showing artists in front of the Royal Academy at Somerset House in London

Vesuvius erupting mb-code 1645652 Nos 412-418 StrandObservation of volcanic activity at Vesuvius, made by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. The drawing shows material ejected directly upward from the volcano with a scale of height based upon the mountain's size. A cloud of gas and ash is shown drifting to the viewer's right. From volume 1 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1779 1781. Original: pencil and ink on paper. 1779