Burying victims of the Plague of London at night in multiple graves, 1665.

Burying victims of the Plague of London at night in multiple graves, 1665. Two of the men are smoking pipes, partly to combat the stench of the corpses, partly in the hope that tobacco smoke would prevent them becoming infected. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Burying victims of the Plague of London at night in multiple graves, 1665. Two of the men are smoking pipes, partly to combat the stench of the corpses, partly in the hope that tobacco smoke would prevent them becoming infected. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Burying victims of the Plague of London at night in multiple graves, 1665.
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Credit:
Print Collector / Contributor
Editorial #:
463913805
Collection:
Hulton Archive
Date created:
01 January, 1753
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Hulton Archive
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460000218
Object name:
1157342
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2711 x 3859 px (22.95 x 32.67 cm) - 300 dpi - 8 MB