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Two women lying dead in a London street during the Great Plague, 1665, one with a child who is still alive. Etching after R. Pollard II.
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Two women lying dead in a London street during the Great Plague, 1665, one with a child who is still alive. Etching after R. Pollard II.

Robert Pollard

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Lettering: The great plague in London, 1665.

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