'Vesuvius erupting' mb-code DCA_115203 26th October 1978

26th October 1978

The plate is inscribed: 'Implements of New South Wales

shown half-face to the left as viewed

and was World Champion in1962 and 1968

A pair of spectacles hang from a chain at waist level

'Vesuvius erupting' mb-code DCA_115203 26th October 1978Study of an eruption of Vesuvius, showing a high plume of black smoke with ash falling from several areas of the cloud. Areas marked A, B C in ink. The top of the drawing has been folded into the volume. An observation of volcanic activity at Mount Vesuvius near the Bay of Naples, Italy, made by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. From volume 1 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1779 1781. Original: pencil and ink on paper. 1780