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'Emblem 9; scene of plague', c1787-1818. Emblem drawing relating to the plague or Black Death, which has seized three women on the steps of a Palladian town house; one kneels in frantic gesticulation, another is supported by a young man, and the third by an old woman. Autograph drafts of two poems, "Madman I have been calld", and "To H", and lines from "Public Address".
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Caption:
'Emblem 9; scene of plague', c1787-1818. Emblem drawing relating to the plague or Black Death, which has seized three women on the steps of a Palladian town house; one kneels in frantic gesticulation, another is supported by a young man, and the third by an old woman. Autograph drafts of two poems, "Madman I have been calld", and "To H", and lines from "Public Address".
Credit:
Album / British Library Board / TopFoto
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Image size:
3744 x 4698 px | 50.3 MB
Print size:
31.7 x 39.8 cm | 12.5 x 15.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • 19TH CENTURY • ANGUISH • ART • ARTS • B & W • B / W • B&W • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BLACK DEATH • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CENTURY • CONCEPT • DRAWING • EMBLEM • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • HANDWRITING • HEALTH • ILLNESS • LITERATURE • PEOPLE • PEOPLE, OTHER • PLAGUE • POEM • POETRY • ROMANTICISM • SICKNESS • SKETCH • SOCIETY & CULTURE, ART & LITERATURE • SOCIETY & CULTURE, SICKNESS & DISEASE • XVIII CENTURY
