'Vesuvius erupting' mb-code DCA_115203 with a jewelled dagger tucked

with a jewelled dagger tucked into her sash

9th June 1974

(for use in lighting fires)

Manchester House

A seal chain or decoration is visible at his waistband

'Vesuvius erupting' mb-code DCA_115203 with a jewelled dagger tuckedStudy 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