'Vesuvius erupting' Finish:none is on his hip

is on his hip

View of skin-market in Leadenhall Market

on a blotter used at a Transit of Venus Committee meeting at the Royal Society

William 'Dixie' Dean

Fantastical airship with a rudder and a complicated system of rope-activated wings

'Vesuvius erupting' Finish:none is on his hipStudy 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