Campania Collection (page 6)

Roman houses of Herculaneum with the modern houses of Ercolano above, Italy

Plaster Cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius at Pompeii, Italy
Plaster cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius at Pompeii, Italy

The Capitol from the Forum with Vesuvius beyond, Pompeii, Italy

A Pompeii street with Vesuvius in the distance, Italy

Roman wallpainting showing priests of Isis performing their ceremony, Herculaneum, Italy

Roman wallpainting of a harbour scene, Stabiae, near Pompeii, Italy

Eruption of Vesuvius, 1776. Ladies and gentlemen watching a lava flow running into the valley between Mount Somma and Vesuvius

St Anthony of Padua healing a young man, c1654-1705. Artist: Luca Giordano
St Anthony of Padua healing a young man, c1654-1705. St Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) was a Portuguese-born Franciscan preacher and teacher associated with a number of miracles

Arch and walkway, Pompeii, Ancient Rome, 1st century AD. Pompeii was buried under a thick layer of volcanic ash by a catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD

Excavation leading to the remains of the Roman town of Herculaneum, Italy, 1815. Herculaneum was buried in the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, which also destroyed Pompeii

House of Neptune and Amphitrite mosaic, Roman, Herculaneum, c69. The Roman town of Herculaneum was buried in the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, which also destroyed Pompeii

Taverna at Posillipo, 1886. Artist: Vincenzo Migliaro
Taverna at Posillipo, 1886

View of the interior of the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, 19th century. From the Bibliotheque Nationale de l Opera, Paris

Ischia, seen from Mount Epomeo, 1828. Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Ischia, seen from Mount Epomeo, 1828. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Men fighting with spears, Paestum, c4th century BC. Paestum was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia (southern Italy)

Men fighting with shields, Paestum, c4th century BC. Paestum was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia (southern Italy)

Horseman, Lucan tomb painting, Paestum, c4th century BC. Paestum was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia (southern Italy)

Return of a warrior, Lucan tomb painting, Paestum, c4th century BC. Paestum was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia (southern Italy)

Cast of a chained dog from Pompeii, 1st century
Cast of a chained dog, struggling to free itself, from Pompeii, 1st century

Cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius, 1st century
Cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius in Pompeii, 1st century

Wall painting from a Greek tomb at Paestum of a swimmer, 8th century
Wall painting from a Greek tomb at Paestum of a swimmer, which symbolises the afterlife, 8th century

Street scene in Pompeii with Vesuvius in the background, 1st century

Cast of a young woman who died in the eruption of Vesuvius, 1st century
Cast of a young woman who died in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, overwhelmed by volcanic ashes and fumes, 1st century

The Roman town of Herculaneum, 1st century
Shot of Herculaneum, an excavated Roman town which was buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD

The house of the stags in the Roman town of Herculaneum
The house of the stags in Herculaneum, a Roman town buried by the eruption of Vesusivius in 79 AD

Roman wall-painting of a harbour scene from Stabiae near Pompeii

Eruption of Vesuvius, 1770s. Artist: Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Eruption of Vesuvius, 1770s. Vesuvius, the volcano most famous for its eruption of 79 AD which destroyed Pompeii, erupted several times in the 1770s

Cholera epidemic in Naples, government ministers visiting a hospital, Wood engraving, published Paris 1884

Our next Ambassador to Naples. 1858. A British sailor holding the fuse of a loaded and aimed cannon. The reference is to an ongoing dispute between the British and Neapolitan governments

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