This colored lithograph shows Smeroe (Semeru); the largest volcano on the island of Java. Also known as Mahameru; or the Great Mountain; the volcano erupted at least once a year during the 19th century; and since 1967 has been in a state of near-constant activity. This view from the town of Pasuruan shows a plume of smoke coming from the top of mountain. The Dutch painter Abraham Salm (1801-76) spent 29 years in Indonesia; where he produced many dramatic landscape paintings. This lithograph is one of 15 views of Java; based on Salm's work; made by the Dutch engraver J.C. Grieve and published in Amsterdam in 1872.