Corpse Bearer in the bubonic plague year, 1665

Corpse Bearer in wide-brim hat, robes and doublet, holding a staff. In the plague year, 1665, the corpse bearer directed the Car-men to collect victims calling, Bring out your Dead. Copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839

1665 1839 Capitalism Destitute Doublet Francis Douce John Bowyer Nichols John Thomas Smith Lower Classes Plague Public Health The Cries Of London Tradesmen Vagabondiana 2 Wide-brim Hat Working Class Working Poor

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