Optical Toy: 'Mount Vesuvius', William Spooner, England, active 1830 – 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper with embossed gold paper strips, View looking across the Bay of Naples, with Vesuvius in the distance. When held to the light Vesuvius is seen erupting at night. Below, title and: 'Sketched from the Representation of the Volcano at the Surrey Zoological Gardens'. Names of publisher and artist below., London, England, ca. 1838, Print

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