An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

George Cruikshank

Title

An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1815

Medium

Hand-colored etching on paper

Dimensions

Image: 25.5 × 35.8 cm (10 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.); Plate: 26.2 × 36.5 cm (10 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 36.7 cm (10 7/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee

Reference Number

1928.1443

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