The manner of burying the dead at Holy Well Mount near London during the dreadful plague in the reign of Charles II, 1665 [graphic].

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Title: The manner of burying the dead at Holy Well Mount near London during the dreadful plague in the reign of Charles II, 1665 [graphic].
Creator: Page, 18th century, printmaker
Contributor: Wale, Samuel, -1786, artist.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library)
Published / Created: [17--]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Men with a plague-cart burying victims at night in a field, one to left using a long hooked pole to pull the corpses from the cart into a pit; in a neo-classical frame; illustration to Barnard's 'History of England'." -- from British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Date supplied by curator.
Printmaker and place of publication derived from version in the British Museum.
Sheet trimmed.
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Extent: 1 print : sheet 33.5 x 21.2 cm
Language: English

Genre: Restrikes
Etchings
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Plague
Mass burials
Dead persons
Night
Pipe smoking
Grave digging
Horses
Carts & wagons
Subjects: Plague
Mass burials
Dead persons
Night
Pipe smoking
Grave digging
Horses
Carts & wagons

Access: Public
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