'Vesuvius erupting' Product:Greetings card is to preserve power for

is to preserve power for the present Emperor's young son

while the monkey mimics his pose

he resigned his office in October 1873

a man (probably Sir John Willes) draws a reluctant and distressed woman toward the bed he is sitting on

The Reform Act gave household suffrage to boroughs

'Vesuvius erupting' Product:Greetings card is to preserve power forStudy of an energetic eruption with plumes of gas and ash, heavier ejected material is shown falling to earth. An observation of volcanic activity at Mount Vesuvius near the Bay of Naples, Italy, kept by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. The sheet is pasted into volume 1 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1779 1781. Original: pencil and ink on paper. 1779