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  • A quarry from which stones were cut to make the pavements of Naples, showing strata of lava from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Penrhyn slate quarries, near Bangor, Wales. Lithograph.
  • A stone-quarry: quarry workers levering slabs of stone, and a horse-drawn cart loaded with stones. Lithograph by F.J. Manskirch, ca. 1805.
  • A stone quarry: masons are working the stone, and a team of horses is pulling a cart carrying a massive stone. Lithograph by C. Motte after V. Adam.