Vesuvius erupting mb-code 1645652 flourishes his sabre

flourishes his sabre

has arrived at Temple Bar

The Haberdashers'

View of Covent Garden Market with fruit and vegetable stalls in the piazza and an apple seller seated beneath a lamppost in the foreground

including old St Paul's Cathedral

Vesuvius erupting mb-code 1645652 flourishes his sabreObservation of volcanic activity at Vesuvius, made by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. The drawing shows material ejected directly upward from the volcano with a scale of height based upon the mountain's size. A cloud of gas and ash is shown drifting to the viewer's right. From volume 1 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1779 1781. Original: pencil and ink on paper. 1779