'Vesuvius erupting' Product:Greetings card The shops are named after

The shops are named after well known York tradesmen

Brian Kilford

a man (probably Sir John Willes) draws a reluctant and distressed woman toward the bed he is sitting on

he resigned his office in October 1873

held in the purpose-built Crystal Palace

'Vesuvius erupting' Product:Greetings card The shops are named afterStudy of an energetic eruption with plumes of gas and ash, heavier ejected material is shown falling to earth. An observation of volcanic activity at Mount Vesuvius near the Bay of Naples, Italy, kept by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. The sheet is pasted into volume 1 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1779 1781. Original: pencil and ink on paper. 1779