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Portrait de la Marquise de Segouzac

Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Augustin, 1796

Portrait of Petar Jagodić of Krnjača

Konstantin Danil, 1829-1831

A Muslim listening to a preacher sitting on a pulpit

Watercolour by an (unidentified/unknown) Indian artist, between 1800 and 1899?

Glimpses from Korea, c.1900

[As the photos are all untitled, the following captions - available at the source’s website (see bottom) - only offer a crude description of the scenes]

1. Two shops or market stalls, in Korea

2. Two men sawing a baulk of timber in a woodyard, in Korea 

3. A line of shops beside a dusty street, with telegraph poles overhead, in Korea

4. A group of people eating a meal, seated behind a small table, in front of a painted screen

Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957), c.1900

The Imperial Summer Palace (Yuan ming yuan), Beijing, China: the pagoda.

Felice Beato, 1860

The Capo dell'Arco Promontory on the Island of Ventoténe (Ventotiene, Ancient Pandatoria), Showing Strata of Tufa and Lava

Pietro Fabris, 1776

Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate XXXIV.

Lacco (Lacco Ameno) on the Island of Ischia, Composed of Volcanic Tufa, with Other Islands Raised by Volcanic Eruptions: View at Sunset

Pietro Fabris, 1776

On the left, Vesuvius, with the sun setting behind it. Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate XXXII.

Medium: etching & gouache on paper

Pieces of Volcanic Minerals from Solfatara

Pietro Fabris, 1776

Sal ammoniac, pumice, sulphur, cinnabar, crystals of alum, etc. Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate LIII.

The Pisciarelli, a Hot Spring, Issuing from the Cone of the Solfatara, and a Man Bathing in the Hot Waters

Pietro Fabris, 1776

A plate to Sir William Hamilton’s, ‘Campi Phlegraei’, Naples 1776, vol.I. The Pisciarelli bath is described by Hamilton as a ‘bath of which the common people of Naples, and its neighbourhood, make great use in summer time for cutaneous diseases’.

Vitrifications and Other Volcanic Productions

The material shown is from Misenum, Mount Etna, the island of Vulcano, Ventotene, Vesuvius, etc.

Pietro Fabris, 1776

Medium: etching & gouache on paper

1) Six Pieces of Lava from inside the Crater of Mount Vesuvius

Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate XXXXIV.

2) Seven Pieces of Tufa from the Vicinity of Naples

Top left, tufa attached to a piece of painted stucco from the ancient theatre at Herculaneum. Centre, tufa with oyster shells and an almond embedded in it. Bottom right, tufa with the texture of wood. Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate XXXXV.

3) Four Specimens of Tufa from the Quarries near the Grotto of Posillipo

Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate XXXXII. The piece at the top left has oyster shells embedded in it.

4) Eight Pieces of Volcanic Matter Taken from the Road Leading from the Pisciarelli (Spring) to the Solfatara

Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate XXXXIII.

Pietro Fabris, 1776

Medium: etching & gouache on paper

Lava, Scoriae and Pumice from Mount Vesuvius

Pietro Fabris, 1776

The rocks are depicted in such a way as to suggest that they form large structures extending high above ground. Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate LI. 

Medium: etching & gouache on paper

Specimens of Stone and Volcanic Matter Found on Mount Vesuvius, including Lava Enclosed in Marble

Pietro Fabris, 1776

Bottom centre, a snuffbox made of a species of stalactite. Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate XXXXVIII.

Medium: etching & gouache on paper

Two Mineral Specimens Found in the Fossa Grande on Mount Vesuvius

Pietro Fabris, 1776 

1) Lava, Scoriae and Vitrified Matter Found after the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779

Published in 'Supplement to Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1779, plate V.

2) Pieces of Lava and Vitrified, Flinty Matter Found after the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779

Published in 'Supplement to Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1779, plate IV.

Pietro Fabris, 1779

Stones or Crystals from Mount Vesuvius 

Pietro Fabris, 1776

Including chrysolites, topaz, jacinth, and other substances used in jewellery. Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate LIIII (and last).

Polished Schists of Marble* and Other Mixed Stones from Mount Vesuvius

Pietro Fabris, 1776

Published in 'Campi Phlegraei', by Sir William Hamilton, Naples 1776, vol.1, plate L.

Wellcome Collection