Title
A View of the Bay of Naples, The City of Pozzuoli, the Elysian Fields, the Stygean Lake, and Cape of Miseno : To the UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, this Plate, of Classic Scenery, is Dedicated by their very humble Servant, Robert Freebairn. / Rob.t Freebairn Pinx.t ; I. C. Ziegler Sculp.t.
Creator
Ziegler, J. C., active 1796-1799, printmaker.
Publication details
London : Published March 1. 1798 by Rob.t Freebairn, No. 72 Newman Street, [March 1 1798]
Physical details
1 print : hand-coloured soft-ground etching and aquatint ; sheet 45.8 x 59.4 cm (trimmed below platemark)
Description
Four figures in Classical robes contemplate the sea from a hill next to a temple under two pine-trees in the foreground at left, with view of the Bay of Naples, Pozzuoli as it was in Roman times, and Mount Vesuvius in the background at right.
Place
Naples (Italy)
Other persons
Freebairn, Robert, 1764-1808, artist, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.83.61.a.