'Vesuvius erupting' mb-code DCA_115203 Manchester House

Manchester House

with a jewelled dagger tucked into her sash

A pair of spectacles hang from a chain at waist level

and was World Champion in1962 and 1968

26th October 1978

'Vesuvius erupting' mb-code DCA_115203 Manchester HouseStudy of an eruption of Vesuvius, showing a high plume of black smoke with ash falling from several areas of the cloud. Areas marked A, B C in ink. The top of the drawing has been folded into the volume. An observation of volcanic activity at Mount Vesuvius near the Bay of Naples, Italy, made by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. From volume 1 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1779 1781. Original: pencil and ink on paper. 1780