'Vesuvius erupting' mb-code LMG394629 showing the new common sewer

showing the new common sewer under construction

Ball a founder about 1663 for documents Weld's History VOL

'The Green-Backed Monster'

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with his daughters on the tennis court

'Vesuvius erupting' mb-code LMG394629 showing the new common sewerStudy of a volcanic cloud with periodic falls of ash. An observation of volcanic activity at Vesuvius, made by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. The drawing shows ejected material drifting away from the volcano, with cloud promontories and ash falling at the base of each. These features are lettered in ink, A E. From volume 1 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1779 1781. Original: pencil and ink on paper. 1779