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Rita Greer: The Great Plague 1665  wikidata:Q123586551 reasonator:Q123586551
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Rita Greer    wikidata:Q111540043
 
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The Great Plague 1665
label QS:Len,"The Great Plague 1665"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Like many who could afford to, Robert Hooke left London for six months during the worst of the bubonic plague. All cats and dogs were destroyed as a preventive measure. This allowed rats to flourish and spread the disease which was carried by their fleas. The image shows a scene of horror. After sunset carts were driven through the streets to collect the dead. They were taken to the nearest graveyard to be buried in plague pits. Fires burned to make smoke. Pipes of tobacco were smoked, posies of herbs worn and faces covered with masks. This was thought to be protection against contagion. London was overwhelmed with fear, terror and grief. It is thought that as many as 100,000 perished in London alone.
Date 2009
Medium oil
medium QS:P186,Q296955
Source/Photographer The original is an oil painting on board by Rita Greer, history painter, 2009. This was digitized by Rita and sent via email to the Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University, where it was subsequently uploaded to Wikimedia.
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