Print made by John Bell, 1811–1895, Britishafter Etching Club, active 1838–1885, British
Title:
The City of the Pestilence
Date:
between 1826 and 1852
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 15 inches (29 x 38.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on front, upper center: "not (not is underlined) to be [...] in"; center, on lower left corner of cream chine collé: "JB"; center right along edge of paper: "whose is this?"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1991.16.8
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
historical subject | cityscape | woman | men | disease | sickness | mourning | sadness | children | baby | stones | bone | skeleton | skull | wall | arch | city | dead | bodies | crying | ribcage | bones | vultures | pestilence | plague | death