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Pietro Fabris(Naples circa 1740-1792)View of Pozzuoli showing the high road from Naples
28 March 2012, 10:00 BST
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Pietro Fabris (Naples circa 1740-1792)
View of Pozzuoli showing the high road from Naples to Pozzuoli and Monte Barbaro
hand-coloured etching on paper
20.7 x 39.1cm (8 1/8 x 15 3/8in).
hand-coloured etching on paper
20.7 x 39.1cm (8 1/8 x 15 3/8in).
Footnotes
The present work is an example of Fabris's hand-coloured etchings after his own drawing, carried out under William Hamilton's direction. The plates illustrated Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei (published in Naples, 1776), a seminal work on the nature and effects of volcanic explosions.