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Credit
M0005747: "View of the manner of burying dead bodies". Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
M0005747: "View of the manner of burying dead bodies"
- Date:
- 07 October 1938
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/47/57
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2020: View of the burial of dead bodies
Description
Etching after Samuel Wale (d. 1786) depicting men burying plague victims at night in 1665. Related images: V0010614.
Publication/Creation
07 October 1938
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 10071i
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request