SH Archive Book | - 1801, Pompeii Unpublished: Sketches not permitted to be made...

[KD Archive]

Found this, allegedly, 1801 book with a bunch of Pompeii and Herculaneum hand drawn images. It mentions something about some of the images not being authorized, or permitted?

• Could we get any help with trying to figure out what's up?
• Is there something we are not supposed to see there?
• Too many images depict colored objects
• And I guess it is not really 1801 book, after looking through. Rather a compilation of pre-1825 drawings.

What is this?

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This here is an image of the Pompeii Forum made using the Camera Lucida. Was this place even excavated, or just stood like that?

• Never heard about this Camera Lucida thing... ​

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In 1631 Torre del Greco was again damaged by an eruption of Vesuvius. Its citizens bought back their rights in 1699, after paying 106,000 ducats to their landlord, the Marquis of Monforte, and thenceforth the city flourished as a maritime trading and fishing port. The tradition of coral crafting dates from this time.

• The historical centre of Torre del Greco was buried under a 10-metre-deep (33-foot) layer of lava in 1794.

Vegetation?

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[Timeshifter]

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Date: 2019-08-31 07:06:36
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1st image. Looks like people pointing oars or guns? to the sky.

2nd image. Man stood with dog on the right, looks like a ww1 soldier with gun? Also looks like a standin beast ans a dog-beast in the centre. Man on left looks like a ww1 soldier? Trees are surviving whatever is goin on.

3rd image. Gods watching on?

4th. Colour changed to make the room appear old?

Very interesting find kd.

 

[Archive]

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Username: Red Bird
Date: 2019-08-31 12:57:25
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Camera lucida - Wikipedia

Sounds like an (re)invention by Leonardo da Vinci...

 

[Worsaae]

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Username: Worsaae
Date: 2019-08-31 13:06:21
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These colours instantly made me think of China

Wasn't Rome called Greater China at some point? I can't seem to remember exactly