A volcanic crater on the island of Stromboli. Coloured aquatint, 1812, after Luigi Mayer.

  • Mayer, Luigi, active 1776-1792.
Date:
1812
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43914i
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"This is the only volcano known, that is incessantly in action, and the manner of it's explosions does not resemble that of any other [...]"--Mayer, loc. cit.

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[London] (80 Pall Mall) : R. Bowyer, 1812.

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1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 29.7 x 40 cm

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References note

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, no. 371.36

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Wellcome Collection 43914i

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