Eruption of Vesuvius, August 8, 1779
Object type: Prints
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Pierre Jacques Volaire|Louis Boily
Artist bio: French, Toulon 1729–1799 Naples|French, born 1735
Artist role: Artist|Printmaker
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: 1779
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 11 × 7 1/4 in. (28 × 18.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (28.5 × 18.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Joel Kaye, in memory of Leo Lerman and Gray Foy, 2013
Accession year: 2013
Tags: Volcanoes