Vesuvius erupting Size:XS: 40 x 30cm just as the trusty British

just as the trusty British bulldog at his heels would fight to the death to protect his master

It was as FISA president that he took part in the fight for the control of F1 racing - known as the FISA-FOCA war - with Bernie Ecclestone and the other F1 team bosses between 1980-82

12th November 1971

looking off into the distance

Vesuvius erupting Size:XS: 40 x 30cm just as the trusty BritishStudy of a lava flow on the slopes of Vesuvius during an eruption, with the volcano generating a high plume of smoke and ash. The colour and direction of flow are highlighted with coloured chalk and ink. Faintly inscribed in pencil, top left. An observation of volcanic activity at Mount Vesuvius near the Bay of Naples, Italy, made by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton. From volume 5 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1787 1792, within a