Elizabeth Woodcock, recuperating in bed after being buried in snow for eight days, aged 42. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey after himself, 1799.

  • Baldrey, John Kirby, 1750-1823.
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18 March 1799
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1978i
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view Elizabeth Woodcock, recuperating in bed after being buried in snow for eight days, aged 42. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey after himself, 1799.

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Elizabeth Woodcock, recuperating in bed after being buried in snow for eight days, aged 42. Stipple engraving by J. Baldrey after himself, 1799. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Cambridge : J. Baldrey, 18 March 1799.

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1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 21.6 x 15.1 cm

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The portrait of Elizabeth Woodcock ... This strong likeness, was drawn (from the life), ... by J. Baldrey, drawing master & engraver Lettering continues: "of Impington, near Cambridge. Who in returning from Cambridge market on Saturday evening, Feby. 2. 1799. was lost in a violent storm of snow, which drifted over her, about six feet deep, under which she lay buried, without sustenance, or being discovered until Sunday noon, Feby. 10th. and then found alive & sensible."

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