Mount Vesuvius, 1750
1750 etching showing aristocratic men leaving their horses with attendants and following guides on a trail up the side of Vesuvius to peer into the fuming cones. In the lower right is an allegorical scene with a god and a bare-breasted goddess spilling the contents of a large container
Picture No
13344007
Media ID
47782381
Size
3900px x 3069px
(5.5MB)
Credit
© Library of Congress / Science Source / Mary Evans Picture Library
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1750 Cones Enhancement Epromo-history-color Fuming Geochemical Geologic Geophysical Hazard Mons Phemomena Vesuvio Vesuvius Volcano
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