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The building on the left foreground, on the shore, is identified by Hamilton as a temple of Proserpine, and a grotto on the right bank of the lake as the grotto of the Cumaean sibyl, though another grotto in Cumae competes for that title. In the distance, Capo Miseno (the promontory of Misenum). Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate XXXIX.
Title
Lake Avernus (Lago D'averno) and Environs
Date
1776
Medium
etching & gouache on paper
Measurements
H 21.5 x W 39.2 cm
Accession number
43669i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Wellcome Collection
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