Samuel Pepys and the 1665 Plague

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Circa 1835: 'The Great Pit in Aldgate where victims of the Great Plague of London (1664 - 1666) were buried. Original Artist - George Cruikshank. Engraver - Samuel Davenport (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The Great Plague

The angel of death presides over London during the Great Plague of 1664-1666, holding an hourglass in one hand and a spear in the other. Published in 'The Intelligencer', 26th June 1665. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Public Disinfectors

Victorian public disinfectors sanitize the streets after an outbreak of smallpox. Original Artwork: From 'Street Life In London' by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith (Photo by John Thomson/Getty Images)

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Medicine Tasting

: Circa 1665, Blaize tastes the various remedies for the plague, in a scene from William Ainsworth's historical novel 'Old St Paul's'. Original Artwork: Engraving by Framklin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Plague Pit

Circa 1665, Tipping bodies from a cart into a communal grave in London during the Great Plague. Original Artwork: Engraving by J Franklin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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