Title etched below image., In border above image: Engraved for Harrison's History of London., From: Walter Harrison, A New and Universal History of London, London: J. Cooke, 1775., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
J. Cooke
Subject (Topic):
Plague, Mass burials, Dead persons, Pipe smoking, Grave digging, Horses, and Carts & wagons
"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., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Plague, Mass burials, Dead persons, Night, Pipe smoking, Grave digging, Horses, and Carts & wagons
Title etched below image., From: William Thornton, The New... Survey of Churches of the Cities of London..., London: A. Hogg, 1784., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms No.16 Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
Plague, Mass burials, Dead persons, Pipe smoking, Grave digging, Horses, and Carts & wagons