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Vesuvius errupting 1779, a Grand Tour fan
the chickenskin leaf painted with three vignettes, the erruption on the night of the 8 August 1779, the scene the next day and sulphurous gases near Pozzuoli, all inscribed in Italian, one signed with initials A.A., the verso with a red parakeet, with pierced wooden sticks, the guardsticks with bone filets - 11in. (28cm.), circa 1779
the chickenskin leaf painted with three vignettes, the erruption on the night of the 8 August 1779, the scene the next day and sulphurous gases near Pozzuoli, all inscribed in Italian, one signed with initials A.A., the verso with a red parakeet, with pierced wooden sticks, the guardsticks with bone filets - 11in. (28cm.), circa 1779