Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1769
1808
Image: 43.1 x 54.5 cm (16 15/16 x 21 7/16 in.); Sheet: 49 x 62.7 cm (19 5/16 x 24 11/16 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.294
With the eruptions of Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius in the 1700s, volcanoes entered the scientific and popular imagination of Enlightenment Europe. Scientists and philosophers theorized the origins of these spectacular displays; curious tourists visiting Italy wrote home with...
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Terms
Culture
England, 18th century
Technique
aquatint with engraving
Medium
aquatint with engraving
Genre
Print
Department
Prints
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