Vesuvius erupting mb-width 3094 The monkey is shown seated

The monkey is shown seated on a stone slab and holding fruit

with the tree of True Liberty

With a woman and washing line in the foreground

probably from originals gathered by Mark Catesby

and Fernand died 6 years later

Vesuvius erupting mb-width 3094 The monkey is shown seatedStudy of a lava flow on the slopes of Vesuvius during an eruption, with the volcano generating a high plume of smoke and ash. The colour and direction of flow are highlighted with coloured chalk and ink. Faintly inscribed in pencil, top left. An observation of volcanic activity at Mount Vesuvius near the Bay of Naples, Italy, made by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. From volume 5 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1787 1792, within a