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-.

[London (No. 2 Maiden Lane Wood Street)] : Mr J. Rogers, [178?-]

1 print : etching ; platemark 30 x 20 cm

This print is an exact representation of a boy about 12 years old who was found erect with his cloaths on in a vault under Saint Botolph's Aldgate Old Church in the year 1742, and is supposed to have been shut in at the time of the plague in London 1665, as the vault had not been open'd from that period till the time above mentioned when the church was pull'd down. ... h. Rogers fecit ; In the possession of John Symmons Esqr. Grosvenor House, Westminster Lettering continues: The extraordinary circumstance of this boy is that his skin, fibres, & intestines are all dried & very little of his bones appears, and weighs about 18 pounds. [The following two sentences in this copy have been cancelled with ink strokes: He is in the possession of Mr. J. Rogers, No. 2 Maiden Lane Wood Street, London. This print may be had price 2s with a ticket for a sight of the boy.] Printed at the bottom from a separate engraved plate is the legend: In the possession of John Symmons Esqr. Grosvenor House, Westminster.

Wellcome Collection 37877i

Initial of printmaker indistinct: apparently lower-case h, or possibly an unclosed upper-case R