Print made by unknown artist, (de Bois), A View of the Salfatara, a Remarkable Mountain Near Naples, undated
- Title:
- A View of the Salfatara, a Remarkable Mountain Near Naples
- Additional Title(s):
- The Solfatara Mountain near Naples
- Part Of:
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 8 15/16 x 12 9/16 inches (22.7 x 31.9 cm), Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 5/16 inches (22 x 28.7 cm), Plate: 7 13/16 x 9 7/8 inches (19.8 x 25.1 cm), Image: 7 1/16 x 9 1/2 inches (18 x 24.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, upper right: "8"; lower center: "A view of the SALFATARA a remarkable mountain near NAPLES which continually sends forth | streams of smoke, and where Sulphur and Allium is made of the Earth."; lower right: "de Bois fecit. | Printed for John Bowles in Cornhill"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.201
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buildings | capes (outerwear) | cliffs | cloaks | coats | costume | explorers | genre subject | Grand Tour | horses (animals) | houses | landscape | men | mountains | paths | rocks (landforms) | science | smoke | staffs (walking sticks) | streams | sulfur | travelers | volcano
- Associated Places:
- Campania | Italy | Napoli | Pozzuoli | Solfatara
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:48971
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