165 results filtered with: Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803
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Three Greek wine-jugs (oinochoes); left and right vases decorated with palms; middle one decorated with a red figure draped woman. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565397iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.- Pictures
Felicura (Filicudi), one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43749i
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Above, black-figured Greek perfume bottle (lekythos); below, detail of the decoration showing a young man about to ride his horse, with two servants and two dogs. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565744iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.- Pictures
Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43751i- Pictures
A current of lava emerging from Mount Vesuvius, 1777. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43753i
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The city and bay of Naples from the land. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43624i- Pictures
The cone of Mount Vesuvius smoking before the eruption of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43755i- Pictures
Panarea, one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43747i
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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the night of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43803i
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The discovery of the temple of Isis at Pompeii, buried under pumice and other volcanic matter. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43680i
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Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (bell-krater); below, detail of decoration showing two women and a naked man, seated and holding a spear. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565717iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (column krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a procession of four men (priests?), one of them playing the flute. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565650iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Above, red-figured Greek vessel used for transporting wine (transport amphora); below, detail of decoration showing two seated men, holding a sceptre, a dish a wreaths of flowers. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565484iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Detail of the decoration of a red-figured Greek vessel showing a woman bringing flowers to a seated winged figure holding a plate. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565747iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.- Pictures
Above, red-figured Greek wine jug (lekythos) decorated with figures and a palm motif; below, detail of the decoration showing a richly dressed seated man (Dionysos?) and a satyr. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565785iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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The Pisciarelli (a hot spring) issuing from the cone of the Solfatara, and a man bathing in the hot waters. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43645i
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Above, black-ground Greek pouring vessel (lekythos?); below, black-ground Greek cup decorated with stylised vine leaves. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 566095iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Lava, scoriae and pumice from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43728i
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Three Greek pouring vessels; left, red-figured vessel; middle, black vessel with a handle; right, protocorinthian vessel (ca. 670 B.C.) decorated with black-figured swans. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565471iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Pozzuoli, with Monte Barbaro in the distance, right. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43648i
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Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos: in a series of letters, addressed to the Royal Society / from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton ... ; to which are added, explanatory notes by the author, hitherto unpublished.
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.Date: 1773
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Above, red-figured Greek wine-mixing bowl (bell-krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a woman and two warriors, one of them holding a spear, the other holding a spear and a shield decoration with a snake. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565794iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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Mount Vesuvius emitting a column of smoke after its eruption on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43804i
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Above, black-figured Greek cup (kylix); below, detail of decoration showing two friezes of satyrs dancing with maenads. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565727iPart of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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A quarry from which stones were cut to make the pavements of Naples, showing strata of lava from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43628i