Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10671
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Two views of Krakatoa
Date
1888
Creator - Organisation
Typo-Etching Company, Printer
After
A E Tutton (British) , Draftsman
Object type
Library reference
8122
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 295mm
width (print): 217mm
width (print): 217mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Two figures of the Krakatoa volcano after its 1883 eruption. Krakatoa, the island in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, erupted in catastrophic explosions on 27 August 1883. Figure 1 shows the slopes around the peak of Rakata covered with pumice and ash, based upon a figure in Verbeek’s Atlas, 1883. Figure 2 shows the peak following washing by rain: based upon a figure in Verbeek’s Atlas, 1883 and a subsequent photograph of 1886.
Plate 2 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 II. Fig 1. Krakatoa, afte the Eruption, as seen from the South-east. Fig. 2 Krakatoa after the Eruption, as seen from the North. A.E.TUTON, del. TYPO-ETCHING Co., Sculpt.
Plate 2 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 II. Fig 1. Krakatoa, afte the Eruption, as seen from the South-east. Fig. 2 Krakatoa after the Eruption, as seen from the North. A.E.TUTON, del. TYPO-ETCHING Co., Sculpt.
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