Title(s)

Crater of Vesuvius. 1865.

Object type

• print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-489-2

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘Plate I’
• name: ‘London John Murray Albemarle Street. 1873.’

Artist

• print maker: J.H. & F.C. McQueen (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: James Nasmyth (mentioned on object)
• after photo by: James Nasmyth (mentioned on object)
• publisher: John Murray (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: United Kingdom
after drawing by: United Kingdom
after photo by: United Kingdom
publisher: London

Dating

1873

Material

• paper

Technique

lithography

Measurements

height 129 mm × width 199 mm

What

• volcano
• fumes, brimstone, etc.

Where

• Mount Vesuvius

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• The moon : considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite (RP-F-2001-7-489)