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Drawing, Study of Mt. Vesuvius from Sorrento, Italy

This is a Drawing. It was created by William Stanley Haseltine. It is dated 1858 and we acquired it in 1969. Its medium is brush and wash, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Helen Haseltine Plowden. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden.

Its dimensions are

45.8 × 59.8 cm (18 1/16 × 23 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, lower left: Vesuvius from Sorrento/ Eruption of June 58 Evening

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of Mt. Vesuvius from Sorrento, Italy; William Stanley Haseltine (1835 – 1900); USA; brush and wash, graphite on paper; 45.8 × 59.8 cm (18 1/16 × 23 9/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden; 1969-121-40

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