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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2013. London, UK. A Sotheby's employee adjusts 'Vesuvius Erupting By Moonlight With Spectators In The Foreground' (L) and 'Vesuvius Erupting At Night With Spectators Looking On From The Foreground' (c. 1794) (est. GB£80,000-120,000) a pair of oil paintings depicting the eighteenth century eruptions of Italy's Mount Vesuvius by French artist Pierre-Jacques Volaire, part of 285 pieces of art that make up Sotheby's latest sale 'Defining Taste' at the London based auction houses New Bond Street premises. The auction, set to take place on the 12th of November 2013, consists of art, ranging in price from GB£100-120,000 and from the middle ages to very present works, that were collected during the 45 year career of esteemed art dealer Danny Katz. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2013. London, UK. A Sotheby's employee adjusts 'Vesuvius Erupting By Moonlight With Spectators In The Foreground' (L) and 'Vesuvius Erupting At Night With Spectators Looking On From The Foreground' (c. 1794) (est. GB£80,000-120,000) a pair of oil paintings depicting the eighteenth century eruptions of Italy's Mount Vesuvius by French artist Pierre-Jacques Volaire, part of 285 pieces of art that make up Sotheby's latest sale 'Defining Taste' at the London based auction houses New Bond Street premises. The auction, set to take place on the 12th of November 2013, consists of art, ranging in price from GB£100-120,000 and from the middle ages to very present works, that were collected during the 45 year career of esteemed art dealer Danny Katz. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/03/2013. London, UK. A British Museum employee views a fresco recovered from a house in Pompeii destroyed in the Pompeii disaster at a press view for a new exhibition at the museum in London today (26/03/2013). The exhibition, entitled 'Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum', runs from the 28th of March to the 29th of September 2013 and looks at life in the Bay of Naples before and a the time of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius; which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over 1600 years ago. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/03/2013. London, UK. The plaster cast of male victim of the Pompeii disaster who was found crouched next to a wall, and known as 'The muleteer', is seen at the press view for a new exhibition at the British Museum in London today (26/03/2013). The exhibition, entitled 'Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum', runs from the 28th of March to the 29th of September 2013 and looks at life in the Bay of Naples before and a the time of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius; which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over 1600 years ago. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/03/2013. London, UK. A female victim of the Pompeii disaster, known as Skeleton 10, is seen cast in resin at the press view for a new exhibition at the British Museum in London today (26/03/2013). The exhibition, entitled 'Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum', runs from the 28th of March to the 29th of September 2013 and looks at life in the Bay of Naples before and a the time of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius; which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over 1600 years ago. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/03/2013. London, UK. A British Museum employee views a fresco recovered from a house in Pompeii destroyed in the Pompeii disaster at a press view for a new exhibition at the museum in London today (26/03/2013). The exhibition, entitled 'Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum', runs from the 28th of March to the 29th of September 2013 and looks at life in the Bay of Naples before and a the time of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius; which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over 1600 years ago. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/03/2013. London, UK. The plaster casts of a family of victims of the Pompeii disaster are seen at the press view for a new exhibition at the British Museum in London today (26/03/2013). The exhibition, entitled 'Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum', runs from the 28th of March to the 29th of September 2013 and looks at life in the Bay of Naples before and a the time of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius; which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over 1600 years ago. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/03/2013. London, UK. The plaster casts of a family of victims of the Pompeii disaster are seen at the press view for a new exhibition at the British Museum in London today (26/03/2013). The exhibition, entitled 'Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum', runs from the 28th of March to the 29th of September 2013 and looks at life in the Bay of Naples before and a the time of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius; which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over 1600 years ago. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/03/2013. London, UK. The plaster casts of a family of victims of the Pompeii disaster are seen at the press view for a new exhibition at the British Museum in London today (26/03/2013). The exhibition, entitled 'Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum', runs from the 28th of March to the 29th of September 2013 and looks at life in the Bay of Naples before and a the time of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius; which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over 1600 years ago. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/03/2013. London, UK. A female victim of the Pompeii disaster, known as Skeleton 10, is seen cast in resin at the press view for a new exhibition at the British Museum in London today (26/03/2013). The exhibition, entitled 'Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum', runs from the 28th of March to the 29th of September 2013 and looks at life in the Bay of Naples before and a the time of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius; which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over 1600 years ago. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_POMPEII_BM_02_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/03/2013. London, UK. The plaster cast of male victim of the Pompeii disaster who was found crouched next to a wall, and known as 'The muleteer', is seen at the press view for a new exhibition at the British Museum in London today (26/03/2013). The exhibition, entitled 'Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum', runs from the 28th of March to the 29th of September 2013 and looks at life in the Bay of Naples before and a the time of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius; which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over 1600 years ago. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_POMPEII_BM_04_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/03/2013. London, UK. A British Museum employee views a wall painting of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife at the press view for a new exhibition at the museum, the picture was found in the remains of the baker's house destroyed in the Pompeii disaster. The exhibition, entitled 'Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum', runs from the 28th of March to the 29th of September 2013 and looks at life in the Bay of Naples before and a the time of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius; which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over 1600 years ago. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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