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Image number: RS.9097
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Scheme of volcanoes and liquid flow
Date
1787
Creator
Antonio Piaggio (Italian) , Clergyman
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 196mm
width (painting): 142mm
width (painting): 142mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Illustration showing volcanoes and oceans on the Earth’s surface, with underground flows of water and magma. Individual features are lettered A-G. From Piaggio’s observations on lava kept as part of his work on volcanic activity at Mount Vesuvius near the Bay of Naples, Italy. Researches made by the artist while observing the mountain on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. From volume 5 of Piaggio’s notebooks for the period 1787-1792.
Object history
From the diaries of Vesuvius observations by Antonio Piaggio (active 1755-1795).
Periodic written observations and pencil sketches of volcanic activity, kept by Fr. Piaggio, on behalf of Sir William Hamilton, Piaggio was based at the Madonna Pugliano near Resina at the western side of Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples, Italy. With an additional volume dedicated to the major eruption of 1779, (originally volume 1 of the sequence). The volumes have occasional inserted material, including a presentation letter from Sir William Hamilton to Sir Joseph Banks at the Royal Society, 14 June 1801.
Periodic written observations and pencil sketches of volcanic activity, kept by Fr. Piaggio, on behalf of Sir William Hamilton, Piaggio was based at the Madonna Pugliano near Resina at the western side of Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples, Italy. With an additional volume dedicated to the major eruption of 1779, (originally volume 1 of the sequence). The volumes have occasional inserted material, including a presentation letter from Sir William Hamilton to Sir Joseph Banks at the Royal Society, 14 June 1801.
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