View from the great Camaldoli, above the city of Naples
Hakewill has drawn this panorama from the highest point in the area of the Campi Flegrei, by the Eremo di Camaldoli, from where there are extensive sea vistas from Gaeta to Sorrento and the islands of the bay. From south to north can be seen Capri, Capo di Minerva and Sorrento, Stabia, Pompeii, Port...
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| Format: | Drawing |
| Language: | zxx |
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October 1816.
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| Online Access: | BSR Digital Collections website |
| Summary: | Hakewill has drawn this panorama from the highest point in the area of the Campi Flegrei, by the Eremo di Camaldoli, from where there are extensive sea vistas from Gaeta to Sorrento and the islands of the bay. From south to north can be seen Capri, Capo di Minerva and Sorrento, Stabia, Pompeii, Portici, Vesuvius, Naples with Capodimonte in the foreground to the left and Castel S. Elmo to the right, Castel dell'Ovo, Posillipo, the isle of Nisida, lago d'Agnano, Cape Misenum and the gulf of Pozzuoli, Baia, lake Avernus, the Lucrine lake, Procida and Ischia. |
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| Item Description: | The drawing is largely on one sheet to which a section 97 mm. wide has been added at the right. It was originally numbered 5.42, and kept in a portfolio. Five lines have been drawn along the lower margins, on which the names of the principle features of this view are inscribed: Capo di Monte; Monte Somma; Vesuvio; Casa; Napoli; Porto; Portici; Resina; Torre del Greco; Castel St. Elmo; Camaldoli; Pompeii; Stabia; Torre dell'Annunciata; Golfo di Napoli; Castel dell'Ovo; Castel. mare; Sorento; Cap Minerva; I. di Capri; Punta di Posilipo; I. di Nisida; Lago d'agnano; Grotto di Cane; Cap. di Misenus; Solfatara; I. di Procida; mare morto; Golfo di Pozzuoli; I. di Ischia; Baja: Tempii de Venere, Diana, Mercurio; Bagni di Nerone; Monte Nuovo; Lago Lucrino; Lago Averno. Title from note on the upper margin of the drawing. |
| Physical Description: | 1 drawing : graphite ; 16.1 x 73.5 cm |
| Related Items: | Forms part of: Library Collection. Drawings. |
| Access: | Closed access material (Library) |