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A Quarry from Which Stones Were Cut to Make the Pavements of Naples, Showing Strata of Lava from Mount Vesuvius

Pietro Fabris (active c.1740–1804)

Wellcome Collection

A Quarry from Which Stones Were Cut to Make the Pavements of Naples, Showing Strata of Lava from Mount Vesuvius

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Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate VIII.

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Title

A Quarry from Which Stones Were Cut to Make the Pavements of Naples, Showing Strata of Lava from Mount Vesuvius

Date

1776

Medium

etching & gouache on paper

Measurements

H 21.6 x W 39.6 cm

Accession number

43628i

Acquisition method

presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome

Work type

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Pietro Fabris

active c.1740–1804

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