Vesuvius erupting mb-code 1645652 ' A dust seller with

' A dust seller with a man climbing a ladder to the dust cart

scene showing artists in front of the Royal Academy at Somerset House in London

with men in the foreground

Circa 1st January 1958

Vesuvius erupting mb-code 1645652 ' A dust seller withObservation of volcanic activity at Vesuvius, made by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. The drawing shows material ejected directly upward from the volcano with a scale of height based upon the mountain's size. A cloud of gas and ash is shown drifting to the viewer's right. From volume 1 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1779 1781. Original: pencil and ink on paper. 1779