A Volcanic fan, a rare printed fan, the leaf a hand-coloured aquatint of a volcano errupting by night, seen from the sea, decorated with a border of sequins, the horn sticks gilt - 9in. (24cm.), Iberian, circa 1810
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A Volcanic fan, a rare printed fan, the leaf a hand-coloured aquatint of a volcano errupting by night, seen from the sea, decorated with a border of sequins, the horn sticks gilt - 9in. (24cm.), Iberian, circa 1810
See Colour Plate 5
Lot Essay
The print from which this was made was probably conceived for a transparency represently an eruption of Mount Vesuvius