Ruins at Pompeii with Tourists

A naive watercolor and pencil scene shows crumbling stone buildings with arched windows and columns along a open street, with a smoking volcano rising behind green hills. Small figures in dark clothing walk among the ruins, and a tall, shaded mountain slopes at the right edge.

Artist

Lawrence W. Ladd

Date

ca. 1880

Medium

watercolor and pencil on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

3000 × 1868 px

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