Drawings

Etna from the Theater of Taormina

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca.1792
Accession number: 59.55.1419
Maker: George Augustus Wallis(Opens in new tab) (British, 1765–1847)
Dimensions: 19 3/8 x 26 in. (49.2 x 66 cm.)
Medium: pen and wash
Description: This drawing portrays Mount Etna, an active vulcano in Sicily, Italy seen from the area of the ancient Greek theatre in Taormina.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gilbert Davis Collection
Department: European Art
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