Gentlemen carrying torches visiting catacombs in Paris. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake.

  • Peake, Richard Brinsley, 1792-1847.
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[1816]
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44437i
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Gentlemen carrying torches visiting catacombs in Paris. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A guide points to a structure composed of femurs and skulls. Above it is an inscription attributed to Seneca

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[London] : [R.B. Peake and Colnaghi & Co.], [1816]

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1 print : aquatint, with etching and watercolour

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Catacombs. Etched by R.B. Peake

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Wellcome Collection 44437i

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