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  • Mount Vesuvius erupting at night, billowing clouds and flashes of lightning, and with many spectators viewing the event across the bay of Naples. Coloured mezzotint with etching by J.M. Mixelle after A. d'Anna.
  • Tufa at the bottom of the crater of Monte Nuovo near Pozzuoli, formed in a volcanic eruption in 1538. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • The island of Ischia seen from the sea, showing volcanic features. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting violently at night over the bay of Naples, with two spectators and a guard on watch from the castle in the foreground. Gouache painting.
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting: view from the south, with surrounding countryside and coastline. Coloured etching by F. Morghen, 1752, after F. Geri, 1752.
  • Entrance of the grotto at Posillipo, called Piedigrotta, reputed to be Virgil's tomb. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • An eruption of Mount Etna at night, possibly in 1787. Coloured mezzotint by J.-M. Mixelle after A. d'Anna.
  • The volcano of Awatcha (Avacha) in Kamchatka, Siberia. Etching with engraving.
  • Mount Erebus, Antarctica: the volcano in eruption. Chromolithograph, 1868.
  • Seven pieces of tufa from the vicinity of Naples. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Popocatapetl, Mexico: a flank eruption of the volcano, showing the lateral blast. Watercolour.
  • Mount Etna, snow-capped, by moonlight. Colour aquatint, 1815.
  • Mount Vesuvius: a volcanic eruption at the foot of the mountain, 1760-1761, causing the destruction of the land and property. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his drawing, 1760-1761.
  • A crater on the island of Vulcano, Lipari islands. Coloured aquatint, 1812, after Luigi Mayer.
  • Saian Mountains, Mongolia: the crater of a volcano with irregular rock formations. Lithograph by J. Needham, 1858, after T.W. Atkinson.
  • Stones or crystals from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Eight pieces of volcanic matter taken from the road leading from the Pisciarelli (spring) to the Solfatara. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Geography: comparative heights of mountains in South America. Aquatint, 1818.
  • Cape Verde Islands: above, the volcanic island Fogo; below, the harbour of St Vincent (Porto Grande). Etching by G. Child.
  • Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcanos of the two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London / by Sir William Hamilton... with 54 plates ... from drawings taken ... by the editor, Mr. P. Fabris.--Observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles, etc.
  • The forge of Vulcan: he sits by the forge as his assistants work on iron at the anvil. Engraving by Georges Reverdy.
  • Geology: a long section through mountains, and a volcano, showing strata, and, above, classes of animals. Coloured engraving by J. Fisher after T. Webster and F. Buckland.
  • Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcanos of the two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London / by Sir William Hamilton... with 54 plates ... from drawings taken ... by the editor, Mr. P. Fabris.--Observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles, etc.
  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, with smoke, fire and lava, over the Bay of Naples. Gouache, 1810.
  • The crater of Monte Gauro or Barbaro (right), with other volcanic features in the background. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • The island of Stromboli. Coloured aquatint, 1809, after Luigi Mayer.
  • La Coupe d'Ayzae, Ardèche, France: the lake and the volcanic cone. Coloured aquatint by Weddell after G.P.S.
  • Mount Vesuvius: a building at Ottajano destroyed by lava, 29 August 1834. Lithograph by F. Wenzel after H. Oates, 1834.
  • Mount Etna and the nearby countryside. Engraving by W. Byrne and T. Medland, 1788, after J. Smith.
  • Mount Vesuvius: interior of the crater showing the flow of lava in an eruption. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, 1756.