Song of the Plague: Chowles the coffin maker

Song of the Plague: Chowles the coffin maker, top centre, drinking a toast to a long life for the plague so that he will become rich. Plague of London, 1665. Illustration by John Franklin (active 1800-1861) for William Harrison Ainsworth Old Saint Paul's, London, 1855 (first published 1841)

1665 1800-1861 1841 Ainsworth Pauls Plague Toast

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