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).

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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).

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