Gentlemen geologists and artist on Mount Vesuvius, 1812

Gentlemen geologists and artist on Mount Vesuvius in 1812. Prismatic basalt columns formed in the lava flow from a volcanic eruption in 1631. A stone mason hews the basalt for use as paving stones in Naples. As pictured by architect Giovanni De Min for Giambattista Brocchi between Portici and Torre del Greco. Vue du courant de lave prismatique entre Portici et Torre del Greco sorti du Vesuve l'an 1634. Copperplate engraving by Giuseppe Dall'Acqua from Scipion Breislak's Traite sur la Structure Exterieure du Globe, Treatise on the Exterior Structure of the Globe, Jean-Pierre Giegler, Milan, 1822

Picture No

14009722

Media ID

46641643

Size

7297px x 4931px (10.7MB)

Credit

©Florilegius/Mary Evans

Source

Giovanni De Min