John Auldjo, the artist himself, stands on the far right of the image, poking the lava with a cane and holding a cloth over his mouth. In the background, the eruption of Vesuvius’ small cone, Monte Somma, blasts small bits of lava into the air; these fragments land near Auldjo. Palo, the highest point of Mount Vesuvius, is not shown in the image. An extensive jumble of what appear to be lava flows, hardened sediment, and rocks take up the foreground of the image.3John Auldjo, the artist himself, stands on the far right of the image, poking the lava with a cane and holding a cloth over his mouth. In the background, the eruption of Vesuvius’ small cone, Monte Somma, blasts small bits of lava into the air; these fragments land near Auldjo. Palo, the highest point of Mount Vesuvius, is not shown in the image. An extensive jumble of what appear to be lava flows, hardened sediment, and rocks take up the foreground of the image.
