2-657-909 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

View of an eruption of Monte Vesuvius on 23rd December 1760 and ended 5th January 1761, Plate XII, from 'Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies', by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), published 1776 (hand coloured engraving). shows both the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the little mountains that evolved from the eruption and/or precceding eruptions (Viuli). Distinguishable features include: Mount S.Angelo, the High road from the Torre del Greco to the Torre Dell'Annonciata, Naples, Covent of Camaldolesi above Naples and the Garden of the Marquis Curtis's villa.