Sir William Hamilton's party on the island of Ponza mb-artist Hilton_Pratt with spectators lining the road

with spectators lining the road

intended as a supplement to Sir T

including a ruff at the neck

The painting shows the scientist during the earliest period of his worldwide fame

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Sir William Hamilton's party on the island of Ponza mb-artist Hilton_Pratt with spectators lining the roadPlate 11 from the paper 'Some particulars of the present state of Mount Vesuvius; with the account of a journey into the province of Abruzzo, and a voyage to the Isle of Ponza', by Sir William Hamilton, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 76 (1786), pp. 365 381. Landscape view of the harbour on the island of Ponza in the Tyrrenian Sea, Italy. The scene shows local geology caused by volcanic action, notably solidified lava flows,