171 results filtered with: Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803
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Three Greek wine-jugs (oinochoes); left and right vases decorated with palms; middle one decorated with a red figure draped woman. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565397iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.- Pictures
Felicura (Filicudi), one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43749i
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Above, black-figured Greek perfume bottle (lekythos); below, detail of the decoration showing a young man about to ride his horse, with two servants and two dogs. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565744iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.- Pictures
Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43751i- Pictures
A current of lava emerging from Mount Vesuvius, 1777. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43753i
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The city and bay of Naples from the land. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43624i- Pictures
The cone of Mount Vesuvius smoking before the eruption of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43755i- Pictures
Panarea, one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43747i- Books
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Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos: in a series of letters, addressed to the Royal Society, from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton, K. B. F. R. S. His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples, to which are added, explanatory notes by the author, hitherto unpublished.
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]
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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the night of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43803i
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The discovery of the temple of Isis at Pompeii, buried under pumice and other volcanic matter. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43680i
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Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (bell-krater); below, detail of decoration showing two women and a naked man, seated and holding a spear. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565717iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (column krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a procession of four men (priests?), one of them playing the flute. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565650iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Above, red-figured Greek vessel used for transporting wine (transport amphora); below, detail of decoration showing two seated men, holding a sceptre, a dish a wreaths of flowers. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565484iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Detail of the decoration of a red-figured Greek vessel showing a woman bringing flowers to a seated winged figure holding a plate. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565747iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.- Pictures
Above, red-figured Greek wine jug (lekythos) decorated with figures and a palm motif; below, detail of the decoration showing a richly dressed seated man (Dionysos?) and a satyr. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565785iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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The Pisciarelli (a hot spring) issuing from the cone of the Solfatara, and a man bathing in the hot waters. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43645i
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Above, black-ground Greek pouring vessel (lekythos?); below, black-ground Greek cup decorated with stylised vine leaves. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 566095iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Lava, scoriae and pumice from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43728i
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Three Greek pouring vessels; left, red-figured vessel; middle, black vessel with a handle; right, protocorinthian vessel (ca. 670 B.C.) decorated with black-figured swans. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565471iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Pozzuoli, with Monte Barbaro in the distance, right. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43648i
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Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos: in a series of letters, addressed to the Royal Society / from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton ... ; to which are added, explanatory notes by the author, hitherto unpublished.
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.Date: 1773
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Above, red-figured Greek wine-mixing bowl (bell-krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a woman and two warriors, one of them holding a spear, the other holding a spear and a shield decoration with a snake. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565794iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Mount Vesuvius emitting a column of smoke after its eruption on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43804i
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Above, black-figured Greek cup (kylix); below, detail of decoration showing two friezes of satyrs dancing with maenads. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565727iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.