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  • People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

    • Franklin, John, active 1800-1861.
    Reference
    6924i
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  • Burying the victims of the plague in 1665. Engraving by Page after S. Wale.

    • Wale, Samuel, -1786.
    Reference
    10072i
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  • The plague in London, 1665. Etching by A. Smith, 1810, after R. Smirke.

    • Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845.
    Date
    20 October 1810
    Reference
    10069i
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  • Men burying the bodies of plague victims in a pit. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.

    • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
    Date
    1 July 1835
    Reference
    6921i
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  • A death cart in a street in London during the great plague. Engraving by S. Davenport, 1835, after G. Cruikshank.

    • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
    Date
    1 July 1835
    Reference
    6920i
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  • Solomon Eagle with coals burning above his head preaching during the plague, 1665. Wood engraving by S. Sly, 1843, after P.F. Poole.

    • Poole, Paul Falconer, 1807-1879.
    Date
    1843
    Reference
    6427i
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  • 'Pest house' (isolation hospital in times of plague), Tothill Fields, Westminster, London. Lithograph, c. 1840.

    Reference
    25270i
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  • A cart for transporting the dead in London during the great plague. Watercolour painting by or after G. Cruikshank.

    • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
    Reference
    6922i
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  • Burying the dead during the plague of 1665. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.

    • Wale, Samuel, -1786.
    Reference
    10070i
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  • A street during the plague in London with a death cart and mourners. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans.

    • Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905.
    Reference
    6918i
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  • Solomon Eagle on a roof above plague-ridden London. Aquatint by J. Franklin.

    • Franklin, J.
    Reference
    6915i
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  • A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.

    • Franklin, J.
    Date
    1841
    Reference
    6925i
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  • A man in rags announcing the forthcoming doom, during the great plague in London. Wood engraving by A.B. Frost.

    • Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928.
    Reference
    6916i
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  • 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-.

    • Rogers, H., active approximately 1779.
    Date
    [178?-]
    Reference
    37877i
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  • The pest house and plague pit, Moorfields, London. Wood engraving.

    Reference
    26287i
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  • Two men discovering a dead woman in the street during the great plague of London. Wood engraving by J. Jellicoe after H. Railton.

    • Railton, Herbert, 1857-1910.
    Reference
    6919i
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  • Title page to a statistical analysis of mortality during the plague epidemic in London of 1665. Etching, 18--.

    Date
    [between 1800 and 1899]
    Reference
    1997i
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  • Two women lying dead in a London street during the great plague, 1665, one with a child who is still alive. Etching after R. Pollard II.

    • Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838.
    Reference
    6923i
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  • Burying the victims of the plague in 1665. Etching after S. Wale.

    • Wale, Samuel, -1786.
    Reference
    10071i
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  • Two women lying dead in a London street during the great plague, 1665, one with a child who is still alive. Pencil drawing by R. Pollard II.

    • Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838.
    Reference
    10074i
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  • The plague of London. Reproduction of an outline drawing after J.C. Anderson.

    • Anderson, J. C.
    Reference
    10073i
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  • 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.

    • Rogers, H., active approximately 1779.
    Date
    [1779?]
    Reference
    37859i
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  • Victims of the plague in 1665 being lifted on to death carts. Engraving by N. Parr, 1747, after S. Wale.

    • Wale, Samuel, -1786.
    Date
    6 June 1747
    Reference
    6926i
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