Interment of corpses of plague victims. A number of men are busy burying corpses of plague victims. The text above the print describes that the remains will be buried at least 12 feet deep and that they will be sprinkled with lime to speed up the decomposition process., print, print maker: Jan de Ridder, Northern Netherlands, 1675 - 1735, paper, etching, height, 90 mm × width, 177 mm

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