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About Sarah Maisey

Clothworkers Fellow, Tate Conservation

The Reconstruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum

20 Sep 2011

John Martin’s Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum is a dramatic work, showing the great volcano, Vesuvius, erupting over the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The painting was completed in around 1821 when people were very interested in big landscapes …

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