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)