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Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.1728

Production date

pre-1866

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 76mm
width: 151mm
depth: 26mm

Location

Burlington House -

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Broadsides

Inscription content

Broadsides

References

Reference details

p. 84

Reference (free text)

Lemon, Robert; Catalogue of a collection of printed broadsides, in the possession of the Society of antiquaries of London; 1866.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Taken from the original broadside: no. 303 (A Looking-glasse for city and countrey vvherein is to be seene many fearfull examples in the time of this grieuous visitation, with an admonition to our Londoners flying from the city, and a perswasion [to the?] country to be more pitifull to such as come for succor amongst them.)
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting a reproduction of a woodcut illustration from a 17th century broadside, originally from 1630; showing a horse-drawn carriage filled with six people in contemporary clothing, with two others walking next to the carriage, a driver holding the reigns, and a skeleton wielding a spear between the horses and driver; representing a scene of Londoners fleeing the city during an outbreak of plague. Image reproduced from a sheet containing a larger scene with several other illustrations, titled 'A Looking-glasse for city and countrey vvherein is to be seene many fearfull examples in the time of this grieuous visitation'. Printed in London by Henry Gosson. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: printer's waste paper attached to surface with handwritten publication reference.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Mr Charles Sebag-Montefiore FSA.