Sujet
Filling a mass grave at night during the Plague of London, c1665. Artist: Anon
Légende
Filling a mass grave at night during the Plague of London, c 1665. Showing a group of men with torches in a churchyard, preparing to empty the contents of a covered cart into an open grave. The Plague, also known as the Black Death, was a disease caused by Yersinia Pestis, an infection carried by fleas living as parasites on rats. The Plague hit London in late 1664, having ravaged Holland the previous year, and killed around 100,000 people in and around the city. The dead were collected at night and thrown into common burial graves.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1665
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_324
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,6Mo (4,1Mo) / 27,8cm x 36,7cm / 3280 x 4331 (300dpi)