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Volcanoes, Fire and Disasters

Vesuvius, Etna, great fires and the forces of nature.

Volcanes, fuego y desastres · Vulcões, fogo e desastres · 106 images

Painted landscape of a snow-capped volcano with a smoke plume over a valley, and a white hacienda with red roofs in the lower right.CotopaxiPainting of a night volcanic eruption with glowing orange lava flowing down a dark cone, small figures on the slope, and a moonlit bay under clouds.The Eruption of VesuviusPainting of an old man in a skullcap seated by a bright window beside a spiral staircase, with a figure tending a fire in the shadowy lower right corner.Philosopher in MeditationColoured aquatint of Mount Vesuvius erupting at night, with red fiery column and smoke over a bay, and small figures watching from a stone quay.An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; people watching the eruption in the foreground. CoHand-coloured lithograph in gilded frame: winged woman with scales at centre, surrounded by scenes of storm, battle, a pulpit, a town and a crowd.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including earthquake, war, and shipwreck. Coloured Night eruption of a volcano with glowing red lava and dark smoke above a mountain, a lake below, and a small boat at lower right.An eruption of Mount Etna at night; people in a boat in the foreground. Coloured aquatint Night aquatint of Mount Vesuvius erupting with a bright red and orange column of lava and smoke, silhouetted onlookers and a sailing ship along the shoreline.An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; people watching the eruption in the foreground. CoNight aquatint of Mount Vesuvius erupting, with glowing lava and a column of fire, a boat and two figures in dark water in the foreground.An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; boat and two men in the foreground. Coloured aquatColoured mezzotint of Mount Etna erupting at night, with glowing lava fountains, orange smoke clouds, a lit lakeside town and small boats in the foreground.An eruption of Mount Etna at night, possibly in 1787. Coloured mezzotint by J.-M. Mixelle Night painting of Mount Vesuvius erupting with red fire and lava, dark smoke above, a moon, and a sailboat on the bay with two figures on the shore.Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, with smoke, fire and lava, over the Bay of Naples. GoNight painting of a volcano erupting with fire and lava under dark smoke, with figures on a shore, a sailboat on water, and a moon.Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, with smoke, fire, and lava, over the Bay of Naples. GNight eruption of Mount Vesuvius with glowing lava and dark smoke column, lightning in the sky, and figures on the shore.The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the night of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro FGlowing lava flows down a dark mountainside at night beneath thick smoke, with torch-bearing figures on the left and a horse and people at lower right.Lava emerging from Mount Vesuvius at night and running towards Resina, 11 May 1771. ColourNight landscape with a glowing campfire beside a pool, small figures resting under trees, cattle nearby, and a distant lit building on a hill.Nocturnal Landscape with the Holy Family resting on the flight into EgyptNight painting of a tall fire column rising from a burning oil well, with a full moon, glowing red clouds, silhouetted trees, and small figures below.Burning Oil Well at Night, near Rouseville, PennsylvaniaMural in a pointed arch showing a muscular nude man with arms raised against red and orange fire tones, with a crowd of figures below.PrometheusDim interior painting of an old man seated by a glowing hearth and a woman spinning by a window with a caged bird.Tobit and AnnaPainted harbor at dusk with a campfire and figures at lower left, a fisherman casting a net on rocks at right, a tower, a ship, and a dog.MorningBlack and white etching: an armoured man holds his arm over a fire in a brazier while soldiers watch; a body lies on the ground in front.Gaius Mucius Scaevola's ordeal by fire: Gaius Mucius is holding his outstretched arm over Painted tavern interior with an old man grabbing a woman near a hearth, two men playing backgammon at a table, and a spaniel on the floor.Interior of an inn with an old man amusing himself with the landlady and two men playing bDark painting of a ruined stone archway at night, with a woman and child resting in light at lower left and a shadowed standing figure at right.Travellers Resting (Rest on the Flight into Egypt)Medieval-style painted panel: workers haul sacks by cart and boat near cattle and a windmill, with a walled town and church towers beside a winding river.De Sint Elisabethsvloed, 18-19 november 1421 met de stad Dordrecht op de achtergrondPanoramic painting of a flood: people in rowboats rescue goods and animals in the foreground, with a town of spires and sailing ships beyond.De Sint Elisabethsvloed, 18-19 november 1421 met de stad Dordrecht op de achtergrondHand-coloured etching of figures crowded on a column capital in grey clouds, one holding a telescope-like instrument and a winged figure at right, with a French banner.French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set Coloured lithograph with a central enthroned bearded figure beside a skeleton, surrounded by small scenes of war, a shipwreck, and city streets.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including earthquake, war, and shipwreck. Coloured Engraving of men handling a huge round lens that focuses sunlight beside columns, a fountain, and optical instruments in a garden.An optical experiment using a giant lens to reflect sun-rays to create fire, with optical Colorful 1849 lithograph of allegorical scenes with an erupting volcano, a seated woman with harp and shield, skulls, and a scholar at a desk.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a shipwreck [?], a mob being addressed byPainted interior of a rustic room with peasants by a large hearth, a man smoking a pipe, a child with food at left, and a dog.Peasants in an InteriorColoured etching of figures in hats and robes crowded on a smoking column while turbaned men with spears set fire to its base; books and a balloon float in the sky.French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set Dark stone sculpture of a standing male deity with a tall tiered headdress, broken arms and a cut-off lower leg, against a black background.ShivaEngraving of a bearded conjurer with a wand over an open book, beside a brazier, with horned demons in smoke and a kneeling man at lower left.A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons wHand-coloured lithograph with a central royal-style tableau surrounded by small scenes of battle, fire, shipwreck, and a crowd, with a bull bearing astrological symbols.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including battles, the Royal Family looking upset [Hand-coloured lithograph of apocalyptic scenes: a kneeling scholar, an elephant, cannons, a volcano erupting and ships at sea.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a volcanic eruption, war, and shipwreck. Hand-coloured lithograph of an armoured woman with a Union Jack shield, a seated woman by a Reform banner, fire, a ship, soldiers, and a funeral inset.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an earthquake, beggars at a rich man's doColourful allegorical lithograph showing a helmeted woman in armour beside a lion, a crowd before a domed building, ruins, and a bearded man drawing a red curtain.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an earthquake, a mob by St Paul's, PrinceNight painting of Mount Vesuvius erupting with red fire and smoke over calm water, a sailboat in the foreground and two figures on the shore.Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a saHand-coloured caricature etching of a crowded street with carriages and onlookers heading toward a palace, with a large costumed figure at left and speech bubbles above.People and carriages converging on Buckingham House - being met by a fire-breathing monsteNight gouache of Mount Vesuvius erupting with a red glow, two figures on a shore, and a sailboat on a bay.Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a saWood engraving of a crowd in top hats and caps looking up at fireworks bursting in a night sky above trees.Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of JulyColour lithograph of a seated woman in a lace cap by a fireplace, with a cloud of caricatured male portraits above her and a gilt mantel clock.Queen Victoria, seated in an armchair by an open fire, day-dreaming about illustrious men Engraving of an old harpist playing beside a young couple seated by a fire, with two dogs on the stone floor in the foreground.An old man plays a harp as a young couple sit together by a fire, with two dogs at their fPainting of a woman in a dark cap and blue dress kneeling at a glowing hearth, cooking in a pan, with a hanging kettle at left.Peasant Woman Cooking by a FireplacePainting of a bearded nude man on rocks with a gray figure at his feet, a youth raising a staff, and a nude woman in green drapery, with smoke and fire behind.PrometheusNight aquatint of Vesuvius erupting, with glowing lava and dark smoke rising, and small figures watching from rocky ground under a moon.An eruption of Vesuvius at night, 1829, showing the inside of the crater with smoke, fire Engraved frontispiece with a robed standing figure above a title, flanked by circular roundels of sun, globes and cherub heads in the corners.The theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all tDark grayscale painting of a winged sphinx on a smoky hill above corpses and a cannon on a battlefield.EnigmaDark sandstone sculpture of a standing Buddha with curled hair, serene face, and bare torso, shown against a black background.BuddhaA bent figure tends a small fire in a dark field at dusk, flames rising against an orange-gold sky.Peasant Burning WeedsEngraving of a bearded alchemist in a turban at a cluttered workbench with a furnace, beside a woman with flowers in her hair, under the label IGNIS.De vier elementenBlack-and-white lithograph of men lifting a figure from a burning building at night, with horses and a kneeling crowd in the foreground.The Rescue of John WesleyDark crouching figure on a rocky ledge under a glowing moon, in a hazy yellow-green night landscape.The Signal FirePainting of a bearded muscular man in a red cloak striding through clouds, carrying a smoldering torch, with dark storm clouds above.Prometheus Carrying FireOil painting of a brown eagle perched on a globe with an American flag billowing behind it, set within a carved wooden frame with columns."Eagle on Top of Globe" Engine Panel PaintingPainting of a bearded armored man with a red cloak and banner pouring water from a bucket onto a burning building."Saint Florian" Engine Panel PaintingHand-colored 18th-century print of a city street with huge flames and smoke rising over buildings while small figures flee in the foreground.Print, "Representation Du Feu Terrible A Nouvelle Yorck"Pen and ink drawing with gray wash of clouds, winged putti and draped figures in a celestial scene, with reclining men along the bottom edge.Prometheus Taking Fire From OlympusBrown drawing of a ruined interior with broken brick walls, arched windows, rubble, and small figures including two women in long dresses in the foreground.Ruins of the Opera After the Fire of 1781White marble oval relief of an old bearded man in a hood warming his hands over a fire basket, with a veiled woman at left and a stone wall at right.Allegory of WinterCeramic mask with wrinkled red-painted face, fan-shaped headdress, circular ear ornaments and yellow tassels, on a small stand against gray.Mask from an Incense Burner Portraying the Old Deity of FireGray stone statue of a standing four-armed figure with a tall crown, holding a disc and a conch, against a dark gray background.Standing Four-Armed VishnuGilded repoussé metal head of Shiva with a third eye, tiered crown, mustache, and layered neck bands on a round base, against gray.Head of Shiva (lingakosha)Night painting of a fire burning beside a Gothic tower, with a silhouetted crowd watching in the street below.Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBrown aquatint of a crowd before a burning Gothic hall with a clock tower, water jets from fire engines arcing toward the building at night.Lithograph, "The Conflagration of the Masonic Hall"Painting of nude Venus reclining on clouds with a blue drape, doves and a red ribbon above, and figures working at a glowing forge below right.Venus and Cupid at the Forge of VulcanDark painting of an old man in a robe asleep in a chair, head resting on his hand, with a small fire glowing at lower left.An old man sleeping neWhite marble relief in an oval dark frame showing two muscular male nudes on rocks, one bearded figure straining with raised arms beside a helmeted figure.Prometheus and MercuryMonochrome lithograph of an armoured figure holding an astrological chart beside a tombstone, with soldiers, a crowd and collapsing buildings in the background.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a tombstone, an earthquake, and riotous aNight etching of a burning stable at left, with a man leading two horses past a grieving couple and a body on the ground.A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching of a headscarfed woman reading a young woman's palm outdoors, with two women behind a fence and children sitting by a fire at right.A Romany fortune-teller is reading the palm of a young woman suffering unrequited love; twWoodcut of an elderly couple by a fireside, the man seated and the woman at a spinning wheel, with a cat on a stool and printed verse below.John Anderson and his wife seated by a fire in a modest house; a cat sleeping on a stool iEtching of woodcutters stacking logs near a village at the foot of hills, with a figure warming at a fire in the lower left.De twaalf maandenCarved sandstone standing figure with a tall cylindrical crown and draped lower garment, arms and lower legs broken, against a black background.HariharaHand-coloured caricature: a man in blue gestures at a pharmacy window as a pair of legs falls headfirst into a cellar door on the left.A woman falling headfirst through an open cellar-door outside a pharmacy, and a man expresEtched print of a man carrying a jug and a woman in a flowing dress holding a flame, walking beside a tree and a cart wheel.Allegory of the Four Elements - FireColored lithograph of an allegorical scene with zodiac signs, a crowd of figures, a central bull, a helmeted woman with a globe, and a cornucopia.Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III, a funeral, a flood, and a bEngraved rococo cartouche with empty oval center, curling scrolls and smoke rising from flame-like forms at top, on a printed page.Design for Cartouche: Allegory of FireBlack and white caricature of two witch-like figures stirring a fire under a cauldron marked 2e Kamer, with devils and faces rising from the steam and a black cat.Drs. Hermanus Schaepman and Abraham Kuyper, shown as witches, stoke the fire of a cauldronEngraving of a bearded cloaked man and a nude man standing in a landscape with a lion, dog, and putto, clouds above and Latin text below.Ovidius' MetamorfosenWeathered stone sculpture of a standing figure with a tall crown, hands at chest, and an arched stone backing, on a dark background.Standing Shiva or Temple Guardian (Dvarapala)Engraving of a flood: a woman with a raised cloth and huddled figures by a tree, people in rising water, a boat-like ark in the distance, and a stormy sky with lightning.The flood: women shelter in fear by a tree, as the deluge sweeps the land. Engraving by L.Colour lithograph: a sleeping man in a chair by a candle, a robed figure gesturing, and a cloud vision of a queen presiding over a crowded Christmas dinner table.Gladstone, asleep in a chair next to a fire, has a nightmare vision of Disraeli showing QuDark painting of people crowded in a rowboat in an arched stone tunnel, with a red glow in the distance and a man raising his arm at right.Fire of RomePrinted page of sixteen black ink caricature vignettes titled Médecine nocturne, showing doctors and patients in nighttime scenes under a crescent moon.Night calls by doctors: sixteen vignettes. Wood engraving by M. Marais, 1897.Hand-coloured caricature: a nightcapped man leans from a lit window as a cat and pots fall from the ledge; caption reads Two O'Clock in the Morning.A surgeon-apothecary shouts back from an open window at a request for a night-visit to a pEngraving of a bearded robed man shaking a snake into a fire while onlookers react, in an arched frame with a dramatic cloudy sky.Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; Engraving of nude figures on rocky ground under radiant light, with a bearded man holding a cloth by a tree and Latin inscription below.Metamorfosen van OvidiusWoodcut print of a kneeling robed man reaching toward a chariot with wheels rising into clouds, with two onlookers above in an arched frame.Hemelvaart van EliaEngraved title page with central lettered cartouche, allegorical figures on each side, and a lower scene of a dissection and laboratory with robed onlookers.Allegorical and historical scenes of medicine: including a dissection and a distillation lSepia photograph of a hazy battlefield with scattered fallen logs in the foreground and a small figure among them, with thin pine trees in the distance.[Wilderness Battlefield]Watercolor of crumbling stone buildings and small figures on a street, with a smoking volcano behind green hills under a blue sky.Ruins at Pompeii with TouristsPencil drawing of a smoking volcanic island rising from calm water, with a sleeping dog curled at the left edge.Stromboli/Sleeping DogPainted fire engine panel in carved wood showing a battle with soldiers in blue and red uniforms, smoke, red-roofed buildings, and a fallen figure."Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775" Engine Panel PaintingLong narrow wooden panel with dark red background, painted golden angel blowing a trumpet, and roses on either side, in a dark frame."Angel Holding Trumpet" Engine Panel PaintingInk wash landscape of a tall isolated rock column under stormy sky, with wooded hills and small white buildings below.The Devil's Tower from JohnstonsOrnate lithographed fire company certificate with central text, a street scene of men pulling a fire engine, a night scene with a horse-drawn engine, and a firefighter with a hose.Membership Certificate, "Friendship Fire Company, We Strive to Save in Time of Need"Dark wood engraving of a rugged volcanic-looking peak under a billowing night sky with smoke rising from its summit.EtnaInk painting on silk of three robed figures by a small fire under a tripod pot, with a red maple branch at the left.Three gardeners of the Emperor Takakura heating sake over a fire of maple leavesPencil drawing of an open window with tree branches and a distant Roman skyline with a church tower, with a box and tools on the sill.View of the Villa Medici and Sta Trinità dei Monti from Ingres's Studio in the Pavillon SaInk painting on a fan-shaped sheet: a seated man looks upward beside a small fire with smoke curling above, on a pale ground.Buddhist allegory of a priest burning cherry branchesBronze medal with a right-facing profile portrait of a bearded man in a laurel wreath and ruff, with Latin inscription around the rim.Commemorating Carolus IXDark brown relief of a crowded arcaded city square with a bull-shaped figure over a fire, surrounded by robed figures and a seated man in the foreground.Phalaris and the Bull of PerillusBlack-and-white lithograph of a man leaning from a roof window looking down at a man at a lower window who gazes up; city rooftops at right.“- Hello, neighbour... what was all this yelling about... did you see the comet? - I thougEngraving of two standing figures, one draped and one nude, with a lion and dogs in a landscape, and figures in clouds above.Prometheus Making Man and Animating Him with Fire From Heaven, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Engraved plate with concentric rings, a wave-textured circular globe, and a partial map sphere beside printed serif lettering reading Theory and RTH.The theory of the earth: containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all thPainted panel of a man in a tricorn hat and brown coat standing on a cobbled street beside brick buildings, in a black crackled frame."Benjamin Franklin with a Loaf of Bread" Engine Panel PaintingLithographed toy theatre scenery panels showing rocks, a palm tree, trees, and two stone pedestals with smoking fire caskets decorated with dragons.Scenery to be used in a toy theatre: a rocky overhang, a palm tree and vegetation, trees a