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  • Two men discovering a dead woman in the street during the great plague of London. Wood engraving by J. Jellicoe after H. Railton.
  • A street during the plague in London with a death cart and mourners. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans.
  • A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.
  • Two women lying dead in a London street during the great plague, 1665, one with a child who is still alive. Etching after R. Pollard II.
  • A street during the plague in London with a death cart and mourners. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans.
  • Two men discovering a dead woman in the street during the great plague of London. Wood engraving by J. Jellicoe after H. Railton.
  • A man in rags announcing the forthcoming doom, during the great plague in London. Wood engraving by A.B. Frost.
  • Victims of the plague in 1665 being lifted on to death carts. Engraving by N. Parr, 1747, after S. Wale.
  • The plague in London, 1665. Etching by A. Smith, 1810, after R. Smirke.
  • The plague in London, 1665. Etching by A. Smith, 1810, after R. Smirke.
  • Men burying the bodies of plague victims in a pit. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.
  • Burying the dead during the plague of 1665. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • Burying the victims of the plague in 1665. Engraving by Page after S. Wale.
  • Burying the victims of the plague in 1665. Engraving by Page after S. Wale.
  • Burying the victims of the plague in 1665. Etching after S. Wale.
  • A cart for transporting the dead in London during the great plague. Watercolour painting by or after G. Cruikshank.
  • The pest house and plague pit, Moorfields, London. Wood engraving.
  • Title page to a statistical analysis of mortality during the plague epidemic in London of 1665. Etching, 18--.
  • The desiccated corpse of a boy, about twelve years old, found in a vault under Saint Botolph's Aldgate old Church in 1742. Coloured etching by H. Rogers, ca. 1779.
  • The desiccated corpse of a boy, about twelve years old, found in a vault under Saint Botolph's Aldgate old Church in 1742. Coloured etching by H. Rogers, ca. 178-.
  • 'Pest house' (isolation hospital in times of plague), Tothill Fields, Westminster, London. Lithograph, c. 1840.
  • People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.
  • Mother Shipton's life & prophecies.