Vesuvius Collection (page 3)

Fireworks in Naples, 1875. Artist: Achenbach, Oswald (1827-1905)
Fireworks in Naples, 1875. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Promenade beside the Sea, ca 1860. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Promenade beside the Sea, ca 1860. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Forum at Pompeii with Vesuvius in the Background, 1841. Artist: Kobke, Christen Schiellerup (1810-1848)
The Forum at Pompeii with Vesuvius in the Background, 1841. Found in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

The last Day of Pompeii, 1833. Artist: Karl Briullov
The last Day of Pompeii, 1833. Briullov, Karl Pavlovich (1799-1852). Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Pompeii, Italy, 1900. Archaeological dig at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii which was destroyed by a volcano eruption in 79 AD

Person killed by the Pompeii eruption, 79 AD. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD killing the people of the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum

Naples, 19th century. Artist: Landelot-Theodore Turpin de Crisse
Naples, 19th century. Vesuvius looms menacingly in the background. From the Musee Baron Martin de Gray, France

Luigi Palmieri, Italian geophysicist, 1893. Palmieri (1807-1896) was director of the Vesuvius Observatory which monitored the activity of the volcano. In 1855 he invented a seismograph

Death of Pliny the Elder, 79 (1866). Roman writer and author of Historia naturalis, Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus) (23-79)

Vesuvius erupting, Italy, c1815. Vesuvius during one of its early 19th century eruptions. People observing the eruption from inside the volcanos cone which is emitting smoke and flames

Eruption of Vesuvius, Italy, c1815. Vesuvius during one of its early 19th century eruptions viewed from the Bay of Naples. In the centre foreground fishermen are using a flare to attract their prey

Balcony Room with a View of the Bay of Naples, c. 1829. Artist: Carus, Carl Gustav (1789-1869)
Balcony Room with a View of the Bay of Naples, c. 1829. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Roman wall-painting from Pompeii showing Vesuvius, 1st century
Roman wall-painting from Pompeii showing Vesuvius, snake deities, and the genius loci. Now in the National Museum in Naples, 1st century

Trees growing on a lava flow on the slope of Vesuvius above the Roman town of Herculaneum

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

The Temple of Apollo, Pompeii, Italy. The bronze statue of Apollo in front and Mount Vesuvius in the distance

Roman wallpainting showing Mount Vesuvius and Bacchus (Dionysus) or the Genius Loci, Pompeii, Italy
Roman wallpainting, Pompeii, Italy; showing Mount Vesuvius and the figure of Bacchus (Dionysus) god of wine wearing clusters of grapes or of the Genius Loci. The snake is a protective cthonic deity

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

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

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

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

View of the crater of Mt Vesuvius, which famously erupted in 69 AD and buried the town of Pompeii

Eruption of Vesuvius, 1906
Eruption of Vesuvius. People being evacuated from their houses as Vesuvius erupts in the background: April, 1906. From Le Petit Journal, Paris 20 April 1906

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

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