Dec 05, 2017 - Sale 2464

Sale 2464 - Lot 418

Price Realized: $ 1,430
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(VESUVIUS.) Two ink and watercolor drawings on laid paper stock. Each approximately 8 1/4x14 inches sheet size, captioned in ink below; mounted to album sheets in a partial contemporary folder. Europe, mid-19th century

Additional Details

A fiery night scene from the bay titled "A View of the great eruption of Vesuvius in the night of the 20th of October 1767"; and two brave figures at the rim of the volcano described as "An interior view of the crater of Mount Vesuvius as it was before the great eruption in 1767".