Vesuvius in eruption, by Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier

An image of Vesuvius in eruption. Lemonnier, Anicet Charles Gabriel (French, 1743-1824). Oil on paper, height 27.8 cm, width 36 cm, 1779.

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Vesuvius in eruption. Lemonnier, Anicet Charles Gabriel (French, 1743-1824). Oil on paper, height 27.8 cm, width 36 cm, 1779.

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Accession Number: PD.11-1997
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 785 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 145.90kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:01:25 10:16:17

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18th Century Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier ash cloud dramatic erupting eruption exterior Fitz_PDP flowing French geological geology Italian Italy landscape lava flow Lemonnier mountainous mountains Naples painting Vesuvius volcanic volcanos

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