Death of Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus maior dies by suffocation during the eruption of Vesuvius, on 24 August 79. He is the victim of its own scientific belangstelling. Manufacturer was: printmaker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman (listed building) for drawing of Jacques Kuyper (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1805 Physical features: stippelets and etching material: paper Technique: stippelets / etch dimensions: plate edge: h 204 mm × W 136 mmToelichtingIllustratie from Stuart, Martinus. Roman histories, part XXVI, p. 18. Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, 1805. Subject: death
Death of Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus maior dies by suffocation during the eruption of Vesuvius, on 24 August 79. He is the victim of its own scientific belangstelling. Manufacturer was: printmaker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman (listed building) for drawing of Jacques Kuyper (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1805 Physical features: stippelets and etching material: paper Technique: stippelets / etch dimensions: plate edge: h 204 mm × W 136 mmToelichtingIllustratie from Stuart, Martinus. Roman histories, part XXVI, p. 18. Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, 1805. Subject: death of Pliny the Elder during the eruption of Vesuvius
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