Jan Kozak Collection: Historical Earthquakes

Kozak Allegorical Images

Thumbnail Image Image-KZA11 Collapsing town, terrified people. (Copper engraving) (Calabria, Italy(?))
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA12 Left: Town in flames and with earthquake related damage. Right: Collapsed buildings surrounding statue on column. Possibly associated with the Jan. 11, 1693 Val di Noto, Sicily earthquake. (Copper engraving) See also: KZ937, -939.
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA13 Catastrophic events in Europe in 1783 and earlier: Black Death, war with Turks, floods, etc. Earthquakes in Messina and Calabria represented in upper corners. (Copper engraving)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA14 'After the catastrophe. A family escapes through the ruins of a town.' (Wood engraving, ca.1890, artist unknown)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA15 'Violent upheaval of the waters of a river during earthquake shocks.' (seiche?) (Wood engraving, ca.1890, artist unknown)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA16 'Waters of a lagoon upheaved during an earthquake.' Caption would indicate tsunami, but lightning in the background may indicate tropical storm. (Wood engraving, 1890, artist unknown)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA17 Inhabitants of Casamicciola fleeing the earthquake. (Wood engraving, 1890, artist unknown)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA19 'A traveller contemplating the ruin wrought by an earthquake.' (Wood engraving, ca.1890, artist unknown)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA20 People resting in front of a ruined house. (Wood engraving, ca.1890, artist unknown)

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