The last day of Herculaneum
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Item data
Title
The last day of Herculaneum
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Roman history
Names
Leroux, Louis-Hector, 1829-1900 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1889
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Distress
Volcanoes -- Italy
Disaster victims
Romans -- To 499
Volcanic eruptions
Evacuations
Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79
Genres
Notes
Content: Source information not available.
Physical Description
Photogravures
Extent: 17.8 x 27.2 cm
Line photogravure from steel engraving.
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9d86a8a0-c5bf-012f-e118-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1889
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The last day of Herculaneum" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d86a8a0-c5bf-012f-e118-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1889). The last day of Herculaneum Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d86a8a0-c5bf-012f-e118-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The last day of Herculaneum" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d86a8a0-c5bf-012f-e118-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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