Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account

Black Death

Part of
Plague
Epidemics
Medicine, Medieval

On this page

  • Images from the collections
  • Works from the collections
  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images about Black Death

18 images from works
  • Boccaccio's 'The plague of Florence in 1348'
  • Jules Grévy takes the pulse of Marshal Macmahon, who lies sick in bed with a priest and another man; they are choking from the fumes of their burning bed; Léon Gambetta emerges from behind the scenes carrying a clyster. Coloured wood engraving, 1879.
  • The plague in London, 1665. Etching by A. Smith, 1810, after R. Smirke.
  • Reverse of Boccaccio's 'The plague of Florence in 1348'
  • A selection of four lead mortuary crosses, placed on the body of a plague victim, found on the site of the old Grey Friars Monastery, Newgate Street, Lonodn (replicas)
  • Boccaccio's 'The plague of Florence in 1348'
  • A selection of four lead mortuary crosses, placed on the body of a plague victim, found on the site of the old Grey Friars Monastery, Newgate Street, Lonodn (replicas)
  • The Loggia, Piazza del campo, Siena
  • Reverse of Boccaccio's 'The plague of Florence in 1348'
  • The black death: map of the world, with vignettes. Watercolour by Monro S. Orr.

Works from the collections

51 works

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    DNA sequence of CCR5 Delta 32 gene mutation

    Emei Ma, P/C Guy McLoughlin
    • Books

    The Black Death in Hampshire / Tom Beaumont James.

    James, T. B. | Date: 1999
    • Pictures

    The plague in London, 1665. Etching by A. Smith, 1810, after R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: 20 October 1810 | Reference: 10069i
    • Books

    The black death in London / Barney Sloane.

    Sloane, Barney. | Date: [2011], ©2011
    • Books
    • Online

    The Black death of 1348 and 1349 / by Francis Aidan Gasquet.

    | Date: 1908

Related topics

Plague
14th century
Disease Outbreaks
Medieval
Europe
Purple
Retroviridae
T-Lymphocytes
Gene Expression Regulation
Genetics and Genomics

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Access information

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence