This watercolour by Peter Fabris is part of the plates from Sir William Hamilton FSA's Campi Phlegræi: Observations on the of the Two Sicilies. This image shows the view of the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius on Sunday night, August 8th 1779.

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These paintings of Vesuvius were done by an anonymous artist. Ca. 1860
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Image: erupting, 1833.

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