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Volcanoes, Fire and Disasters

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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.Cotopaxi, oil landscape by Frederic Edwin ChurchPainting 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.Eruption of Mount Vesuvius at Night, Coloured AquatintHand-coloured lithograph in gilded frame: winged woman with scales at centre, surrounded by scenes of storm, battle, a pulpit, a town and a crowd.Apocalyptic scenes lithograph with winged figure, war and shipwreckNight eruption of a volcano with glowing red lava and dark smoke above a mountain, a lake below, and a small boat at lower right.Eruption of Mount Etna at night, with figures in a boatNight 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.Eruption of Mount Vesuvius at Night, with OnlookersNight aquatint of Mount Vesuvius erupting, with glowing lava and a column of fire, a boat and two figures in dark water in the foreground.Eruption of Mount Vesuvius at Night, Aquatint after Jacob MoreColoured mezzotint of Mount Etna erupting at night, with glowing lava fountains, orange smoke clouds, a lit lakeside town and small boats in the foreground.Eruption of Mount Etna at NightNight 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, Bay of Naples, 1810Night painting of a volcano erupting with fire and lava under dark smoke, with figures on a shore, a sailboat on water, and a moon.Vesuvius in Eruption at Night, Bay of Naples, 1794Night eruption of Mount Vesuvius with glowing lava and dark smoke column, lightning in the sky, and figures on the shore.Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, night of 8 August 1779Glowing 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 from Mount Vesuvius at night, running towards ResinaNight 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.Prometheus mural by José Clemente Orozco, 1930Dim interior painting of an old man seated by a glowing hearth and a woman spinning by a window with a caged bird.Tobit and Anna by a HearthPainted 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.Morning, Harbor with Fishermen and Campfire by VernetBlack 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, etching by Joseph Goupy, 1726Painted 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 Figures Playing Backgammon and an Old Man Courting a WomanDark 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.St Elizabeth's Flood of 1421 with Dordrecht in the BackgroundPanoramic painting of a flood: people in rowboats rescue goods and animals in the foreground, with a town of spires and sailing ships beyond.St Elizabeth's Flood, 18-19 November 1421Hand-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.Savants on a Corinthian column, Napoleon's Egypt caricature, 1799Coloured lithograph with a central enthroned bearded figure beside a skeleton, surrounded by small scenes of war, a shipwreck, and city streets.Apocalyptic scenes: earthquake, war and shipwreck, coloured lithographEngraving of men handling a huge round lens that focuses sunlight beside columns, a fountain, and optical instruments in a garden.L'Optique: giant lens focusing sunlight in a Baroque garden engravingColorful 1849 lithograph of allegorical scenes with an erupting volcano, a seated woman with harp and shield, skulls, and a scholar at a desk.Astronomy: apocalyptic allegorical scenes, coloured lithograph, c.1849Painted 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.Siege de la Colonne de Pompée: Science in the Pillory, 1799 caricatureDark stone sculpture of a standing male deity with a tall tiered headdress, broken arms and a cut-off lower leg, against a black background.Shiva, standing sandstone sculpture, mid-7th centuryEngraving 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.Barclay's Dictionary, Word ConjurerHand-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.Allegorical Lithograph of Apocalyptic Scenes with Royal Figures and Zodiac BullHand-coloured lithograph of apocalyptic scenes: a kneeling scholar, an elephant, cannons, a volcano erupting and ships at sea.Astronomy: apocalyptic scenes with eruption, war and shipwreckHand-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.Hand-coloured lithograph: apocalyptic scenes with a "Reform" banner and shield-bearing figColourful 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.Allegorical lithograph: armoured woman, lion, crowd before a domed buildingNight painting of Mount Vesuvius erupting with red fire and smoke over calm water, a sailboat in the foreground and two figures on the shore.Vesuvius in Eruption at Night, Bay of Naples, 1829Hand-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.The Birth Day Hoax, or the Gout at Court, 1823 caricatureNight 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, Bay of Naples, 1828Wood engraving of a crowd in top hats and caps looking up at fireworks bursting in a night sky above trees.Fireworks 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 Daydreaming by the Fire, Tom Merry Lithograph, 1887Engraving of an old harpist playing beside a young couple seated by a fire, with two dogs on the stone floor in the foreground.Old Harper and a Young Couple by a Fire, Engraving After MaclisePainting 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.Eruption of Vesuvius at Night, March 1829, Coloured AquatintEngraved frontispiece with a robed standing figure above a title, flanked by circular roundels of sun, globes and cherub heads in the corners.Frontispiece, The Sacred Theory of the Earth (1691)Dark grayscale painting of a winged sphinx on a smoky hill above corpses and a cannon on a battlefield.Enigma, Doré (1871): winged sphinx over a battlefieldDark sandstone sculpture of a standing Buddha with curled hair, serene face, and bare torso, shown against a black background.Standing Buddha in SandstoneA bent figure tends a small fire in a dark field at dusk, flames rising against an orange-gold sky.Peasant Burning Weeds, after Van GoghEngraving 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.The Four Elements: Fire (Ignis)Black-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 Fire, Ralph Albert BlakelockPainting 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 Globe with American Flag, 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 Fire 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.Representation of the Terrible Fire at New YorkPen 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 Winter, marble reliefCeramic 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, gold and silver repoussé sculptureNight 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, PhiladelphiaBrown aquatint of a crowd before a burning Gothic hall with a clock tower, water jets from fire engines arcing toward the building at night.The Conflagration of the Masonic HallPainting 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, Rembrandt, 1629White 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 Mercury, marble reliefMonochrome lithograph of an armoured figure holding an astrological chart beside a tombstone, with soldiers, a crowd and collapsing buildings in the background.Astronomy: apocalyptic scenes with a tombstone, earthquake and riotous crowdNight 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 coupleEtching 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.Fortune-teller reading a young woman's palm, 1791 etchingWoodcut 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 My Jo: Elderly Couple by a Fireside, WoodcutEtching of woodcutters stacking logs near a village at the foot of hills, with a figure warming at a fire in the lower left.The Twelve Months: Woodcutters in WinterCarved sandstone standing figure with a tall cylindrical crown and draped lower garment, arms and lower legs broken, against a black background.Harihara, standing sandstone deity, Cambodia or VietnamHand-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.Man reacting to a woman falling through a cellar door by a pharmacy, 1798Etched 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: apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon IIIEngraved 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.The Political Witches' Kitchen: Caricature of Kuyper and Schaepman, 1901Engraving 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.Ovid's Metamorphoses: Prometheus and the Creation of ManWeathered 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), stone sculptureEngraving 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 sheltering by a tree as the deluge sweeps the landColour 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.Queen Victoria's Christmas: A Vision, 1886 caricatureDark 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.Rowboat escape through a dark arched passage (after Doré)Printed 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, 1897Hand-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.Two O'Clock in the Morning: caricature of a night-time windowEngraving 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 shaking a viper into the fire on MaltaEngraving of nude figures on rocky ground under radiant light, with a bearded man holding a cloth by a tree and Latin inscription below.Metamorphoses of Ovid: Deucalion and PyrrhaWoodcut print of a kneeling robed man reaching toward a chariot with wheels rising into clouds, with two onlookers above in an arched frame.Ascension of ElijahEngraved title page with central lettered cartouche, allegorical figures on each side, and a lower scene of a dissection and laboratory with robed onlookers.Title page of Opera Medica by Gregorius Horstius, 1660, with allegorical and anatomical scSepia 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, 1864 Albumen PrintWatercolor 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 and Sleeping Dog, pencil and chalk drawingPainted 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, 19 April 1775, fire 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 with Trumpet, Painted Fire Engine PanelInk 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.Friendship Fire Company Membership Certificate, HarrisburgDark 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 figures heating sake over a maple-leaf fire, ink and color on silkPencil 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 Villa Medici and Santa Trinità dei Monti from a Window, RomeInk painting on a fan-shaped sheet: a seated man looks upward beside a small fire with smoke curling above, on a pale ground.Seated man beside a fire, Buddhist allegory, ink on paper fanBronze medal with a right-facing profile portrait of a bearded man in a laurel wreath and ruff, with Latin inscription around the rim.Medal 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 Perillus, relief by Giovanni Battista CacciniBlack-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.Two Neighbours at Windows Looking at the Comet, Daumier LithographEngraving 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, from Ovid's Metamorphoses by GoltziusEngraved plate with concentric rings, a wave-textured circular globe, and a partial map sphere beside printed serif lettering reading Theory and RTH.Engraved plate from Burnet's The Theory of the Earth, 1684Japanese woodblock print of a startled man on a stool beside a chest of books, with flames burning papers and a dog nearby.Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Thomas CarlylPainted panel of a man in a tricorn hat and brown coat standing on a cobbled street beside brick buildings, in a black crackled frame.Man in Tricorn Hat on a Street, Franklin Engine PanelEngraving of a near-naked man bound on a grate over flames while soldiers and an angel look on.Martyrdom of St. LawrenceLithographed toy theatre scenery panels showing rocks, a palm tree, trees, and two stone pedestals with smoking fire caskets decorated with dragons.Toy theatre scenery: rocky overhang, palm, trees and dragon-decorated fire casketHand-colored lithograph of New York City Hall engulfed in flames at night, crowds watching in the street below.Burning of the City Hall New York, on the night of the 17th August 185Hand-colored lithograph of Richmond burning at night, flames and smoke rising over the city above a long bridge across the.The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865Engraving of an equestrian statue of Titus on a pedestal, with erupting Vesuvius and a military camp behind.Plate 11: equestrian statue of Titus, seen three-quarters to the right