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Painting, erupting volcano and ships at sea by unknown artist

Reference number: PT/73/15/35

Date: 1831

Description

Unpublished painting showing an erupting volcano with two boats in the sea in the foreground.

Subject: Geology

Likely related to John Davy's paper titled 'Some account of a new volcano in the Mediterranean'.

Read to the Royal Society on 22 December 1831.

Reference number
PT/73/15/35
Earliest possible date
1831
Physical description
Watercolour and paint on paper; matted
Page extent
1 page
Format
Painting

Creator name

John Davy

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John Davy, Painting, erupting volcano and ships at sea by unknown artist, 1831, PT/73/15/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_15_35/painting-erupting-volcano-and-ships-at-sea-by-unknown-artist, accessed on 19 July 2026

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