Aerial view of Eastbourne, Sussex, from a Zeppelin Size:XL: 120 x 80cm Landscape study of Vesuvius erupting

Landscape study of Vesuvius erupting under a natural cloud base with smaller fumeroles and other details to the left of the volcano

Opening of the first railway line from St Petersburg to Pavlovsk

saw the peak of the Industrial Revolution and the growth of the British Empire into the world's pre-eminent power From 'The Illustrated London News'

Street scene with carriages and figures below

Aerial view of Eastbourne, Sussex, from a Zeppelin Size:XL: 120 x 80cm Landscape study of Vesuvius eruptingAerial view of Eastbourne, Sussex, from a Zeppelin, 1931 (1933). A photograph from Zeppelin Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zeppelin 1932, Dresden, 1933.