Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10670
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View of Krakatoa, 1883
Date
1888
Creator - Organisation
Parker & Coward, Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
8122
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 295mm
width (print): 217mm
width (print): 217mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape of the Krakatoa volcano on 27 May 1883 showing plumes of ejected material and ash falls. Krakatoa, the island in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, erupted in catastrophic explosions on 27 August 1883.
Plate 1 from The eruption of Krakatoa, and subsequent phenomena. Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society, edited by G.J.Symons (London, Trubner & Co., 1888).
The plate is inscribed: ‘Krakatoa. Rep.Roy.Soc.Com. Plate I. View of Krakatoa during the Earlier Stage of the Eruption. from a Photograph taken on Sunday the 27th of May, 1883. Parker & Coward, lith. West, Newman & Co. imp.’
Plate 1 from The eruption of Krakatoa, and subsequent phenomena. Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society, edited by G.J.Symons (London, Trubner & Co., 1888).
The plate is inscribed: ‘Krakatoa. Rep.Roy.Soc.Com. Plate I. View of Krakatoa during the Earlier Stage of the Eruption. from a Photograph taken on Sunday the 27th of May, 1883. Parker & Coward, lith. West, Newman & Co. imp.’
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