Vesuvius erupting fallen tree Borough High Street

Borough High Street

whilst at another table a man sits reading a newspaper

William Wilberforce standing on the pedestal of the Achilles statue in Hyde Park and holding his top hat over the fig leaf

on the London and Brighton Railway

Vesuvius erupting fallen tree Borough High StreetObservation 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