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Plague Of London Collection

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: Spoon Commemorating the London Plague, Wokingham, c. 1665. Creator: Unknown

Spoon Commemorating the London Plague, Wokingham, c. 1665. Creator: Unknown
Spoon Commemorating the London Plague, Wokingham, c. 1665

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: Evelyn, (1620-1706), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Evelyn, (1620-1706), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Evelyn, (1620-1706), 1830. John Evelyn (1620-1706) English writer, gardener and diarist educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and at the Middle Temple

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: Great Plague in London, 1665. Artist: Anonymous

Great Plague in London, 1665. Artist: Anonymous
Great Plague in London, 1665. Private Collection

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: Panel in the door of the Ship Tavern, Water Lane, City of London, 1857

Panel in the door of the Ship Tavern, Water Lane, City of London, 1857. The opening was said to have been used during the Plague, to receive money from people dealing with the tavern

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: The Pestelence 1665, 1665

The Pestelence 1665, 1665. View of St Giles without Cripplegate with figures burying bodies in the aftermath of the plague. Illustration from Pepys Diary

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: Two men dissecting a body with plague marks, 1666

Two men dissecting a body with plague marks, 1666. Private Collection

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: Great Plague of London, c. 1779. Artist: Blake, William (1757-1827)

Great Plague of London, c. 1779. Artist: Blake, William (1757-1827)
Great Plague of London, c. 1779. Private Collection

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: Burying victims of the Plague of London at night in multiple graves, 1665

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

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: Filling a mass grave at night during the Plague of London, c1665

Filling a mass grave at night during the Plague of London, c1665
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

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: Plague of London, 1665 (1810)

Plague of London, 1665 (1810). Scenes of death and despair in a London street during the outbreak of the plague that occurred in 1665 and killed some 60, 000 people, a fifth of Londons population

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: The Plague Pit, 1855. Artist: John Franklin

The Plague Pit, 1855. Artist: John Franklin
The Plague Pit, 1855. Consigning bodies of victims of the plague to a communal grave during the Plague of London, 1665. From Old Saint Pauls by W Harrison Ainsworth

Background imagePlague Of London Collection: Title page of Old Saint Pauls by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne

Title page of Old Saint Pauls by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Title page of Old Saint Pauls by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. A romantic historical novel set in 1665 and 1666 during the plague of London and the Fire of London


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