'Vesuvius erupting' Finish:Stretched and Bill Wyman

and Bill Wyman

Youth on the Prow and Pleasure at the Helm

was politically very active

the Fiat 514A/MM

with sailing craft in the background

'Vesuvius erupting' Finish:Stretched and Bill WymanStudy 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