Optical Toy: 'Mount Vesuvius' (Spooner's Protean Views), William Spooner, England, active 1830 – 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, View through an open loggia across a body of water with mountains in the distance. When held to the light Vesuvius is seen erupting at night. Below, title and lengthy description; publisher's name below., London, England, ca. 1838, Print

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