Volcanic Eruption Collection

Volcano on the island of Thera (Santorini) in eruption, 1866. The horseshoe shape of the island was created during a cataclysmic eruption c1500 BC

Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples, c.1783. Creator: Francesco Piranesi
Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples, c.1783. The eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 8 August 1779 caused great panic among the Neapolitans

The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius: the Craters at Midnight, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius: the Craters at Midnight, 1862. The volcano...in all its terrible grandeur, from a sketch by Colonel Peard...a black column rose majestically

Eruption of a Volcano (Vesuvius) seen from across the Bay, 18th century. 18th century. Creator: Anon
Eruption of a Volcano (Vesuvius) seen from across the Bay, 18th century

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Pompey the Great, 42-40 BCE, issued by Roman Republic, Sextus Pompeius Magnus. Reverse: the Catanian Brothers - Anapius

Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, modeled 1855-56, carved 1858. Character from " The Last Days of Pompeii" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Flight from Pompeii, 1873. Creator: Giovanni Maria Benzoni
Flight from Pompeii, 1873

Body Cast from Pompeii, 1880. Creator: Giorgio Sommer
Body Cast from Pompeii, 1880. [Plaster cast of human remains from the eruption of Vesuvius, southern Italy, in 79 AD]. Albumen print

Salvador, from Flags of All Nations, Series 2 (N10) for Allen &
Salvador, from Flags of All Nations, Series 2 (N10) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1890

View of Mount Vesuvius as it was in 1757, 1762. Creator: Noel Le Mire
View of Mount Vesuvius as it was in 1757, 1762

[Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii], ca. 1875. Creator: Giorgio Sommer
[Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii], ca. 1875

View of a Geyser, or Hot Fountain, 7 December 1833. Creator: Unknown
View of a Geyser, or Hot Fountain, 7 December 1833. Illustration to an article on the geysers, or hot fountains of Iceland

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

Venus and Cupid, 1804. Artist: Tischbein, Johann Friedrich August (1750-1812)
Venus and Cupid, 1804. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

View of the volcano on Barren Island, Andaman Islands, 1799. The first recorded eruption of the volcano occurred in 1787. A print from Asiatic Researches or Transactions of the Society Instituted in

The Eruption of Etna, Sicily, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Eruption of Etna, Sicily, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 30th July 1892

The ruins of Pompeii, Italy, 19th century. Pompeii was buried under a thick layer of volcanic ash by a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD

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

Eruption of Shirane-san and earthquake at Edo (Tokyo), Japan, 1650. After an engraving published in Amsterdam, 1669

Volcanic eruption on Jupiters moon, lo, 1979. The innermost of Jupiters four Galilean moons, Io is the most volcanically active body in the Solar System. Photographed by Voyager II

Sectional view of the Earth, showing central fire and volcanoes, 1665. From Mundus Subterraneous by Athanasius Kircher

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

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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