View of Pompeii at the moment of the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in showing residents fleeing in the streets near the large theatre, small theatre, Quadriportico dei Teatri, etc. Chromolithograph by Dietrich after an illustration by C. Gel from Antonio Niccolini’s Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii: Essaies et Restaurations), published by Fausto Niccolini, Naples, 1898. Antonio was grandson of the architect Antonio Niccolini Sr.

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