- Title:
Vesuvius in Eruption
- Date:
- between 1817 and 1820
- Medium:
- Watercolor, gum, scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 5/8 inches (28.6 x 39.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, on mount, center: "<37> (encircled)"; in graphite, verso, center: "Mount Vesuvius in Eruption | J M W Turner R.a 1817"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1857
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boats | geology | Grand Tour | landscape | lava | mountain | science | smoke | volcano
- Associated Places:
- Campania | Europe | Italy | Napoli | Vesuvius
- Access:
- View by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open to Yale ID holders by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5472
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