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.

London (No. 2 Maiden Lane Wood Street) : Mr J. Rogers, [1779?]

1 print : etching, with colour ; platemark 29.5 x 19.8 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 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. He is in the possession of Mr. J. Rogers, No. 2 Maiden Lane Wood Street, London. This print may be had price 1/ ["2s" cancelled] with a ticket for a sight of the boy.

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

Wellcome Collection 37859i