Sujet

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

Légende

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.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1665

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19B64_074

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,9Mo (3,7Mo) / 23,0cm x 32,7cm / 2711 x 3859 (300dpi)

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