La Soufriere volcano on St Vincent
Frederick Polydor Nodder (fl. 1770 – c. 1800) )1784
The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom
Plate 2 from the paper 'An Account of Morne Garou, a Mountain in the Island of St. Vincent, with a Description of the Volcano on Its Summit. In a Letter from Mr. James Anderson, Surgeon, to Mr. Forsyth, His Majesty's Gardener at Kensington', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.75 (1785), pp.16-31.
Schematic painting showing the circumference of the crater, two lakes of water within it and a central cone issuing smoke. Other details include the forested slopes of the mountain with some hurricane-destroyed trees.
Inscribed with publication details in pencil upper right. Signed and Inscribed lower left: F.P.Nodder, Pinxt. 1784 from a sketch by Mr Anderson.
- Title: La Soufriere volcano on St Vincent
- Creator: Frederick Polydor Nodder (fl. 1770 – c. 1800) )
- Date Created: 1784
- Location Created: St Vincent
- Rights: Copyright The Royal Society, 2019
- External Link: To license this image please visit the Royal Society Picture Library, View the full text of the article on the Royal Society Publishing website
- Medium: Watercolour, Paper
- Scientist: James Anderson
- Field: Volcanology
- Catalogue Reference: L&P/8/105
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