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Dark wood engraving of a rugged volcanic-looking peak under a billowing night sky with smoke rising from its summit.

Etna

A dark wood engraving shows a rugged, mountain-like peak rising under a heavy, billowing sky, with a plume of smoke or cloud drifting above its summit. Fine parallel hatched lines build the brooding night atmosphere and the sloping, shadowed land in the foreground.

Artist
Miner Kilbourne Kellogg
Date
1858
Medium
wood engraving on paper mounted on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2240 × 1635 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1858).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Etna

Un grabado en madera oscuro muestra un pico montañoso escarpado que se alza bajo un cielo denso y arremolinado, con una columna de humo o nube que se eleva sobre su cima. Líneas finas y paralelas de sombreado crean la atmósfera nocturna y las laderas sombrías del primer plano.

Português: Etna

Uma gravura em madeira escura mostra um pico montanhoso escarpado erguendo-se sob um céu carregado e turbulento, com uma coluna de fumaça ou nuvem subindo acima do cume. Linhas finas e paralelas de hachura criam a atmosfera noturna e as encostas sombrias do primeiro plano.

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