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  • Geography: a volcano in eruption. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • A quarry from which stones were cut to make the pavements of Naples, showing strata of lava from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • A volcanic eruption in Herculaneum (?), showing the advance of lava flow over walls, with Vesuvius visible in the background. Gouache painting, 1861.