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Burying the dead during the plague of 1665. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
Wellcome Collection

Burying the dead during the plague of 1665. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.

Samuel Wale

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Lettering: View of the manner of burying the dead bodies, at Holy-well mount during the dreadful plague in 1665 Wale delin. ; Grignion sculp.

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