Shot Tower below Herculaneum

Description

Bodmer made a sketch of Shot Tower Rock below the settlement of Herculaneum at about noon on March 23. Maximilian observed, "Here in a leveled-off inlet the small village Herculaneum lies, with small grey wooden houses, of which some have been painted white.... By the miserable huts one can see some elegant ladies moving on the beach, their veils fluttering most romantically in the wind! On the limestone hills to the left stands a shot tower on the edge of the rock (see Mr. Bodmer's sketch)."