Krakatoa tsumami waves 3 and 4 Size:S: 50 x 40cm View of figures standing near

View of figures standing near a mortar mill at the south west end of Holborn Viaduct

In the background a figure shovels snow from a rooftop onto a man's head causing him to lose his umbrella

1801) Inscribed below the image: 'R

22nd April 1980

Krakatoa tsumami waves 3 and 4 Size:S: 50 x 40cm View of figures standing nearFour figures showing the ocean tracks of the third and fourth tsunami waves generated by the eruption of Krakatoa, the island in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia on 27 August 1883. Plate 11 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 XI. WAVE NO. III SECOND PASSAGE FROM