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The highwayman Dick Turpin, on horseback, sees a phantom riding next to him. Lithograph by W. Clerk, ca. 1839.

The highwayman Dick Turpin, on horseback, arrives at a tree from which two bodies have been hanged. Lithograph by W. Clerk, ca. 1839.

An episode in 'Rookwood', a novel by W. Harrison Ainsworth: Luke Bradley, who is threatening Eleanor Mowbray with a dagger, is himself threatened by Ranulph Rookwood with a sword, but Ranulph is suddenly restrained by Dick Turpin. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after J. Cawse, 1837.

The horse of Dick Turpin, Black Bess, dies of exhaustion after Turpin tries to escape from his pursuers. Lithograph by W. Clerk, 1839.

A barber's shop near Lincoln's Inn, London: a man answering an advertisement for the barber's assistant points to the advertisement in The times newspaper. Wood engraving by H.K. Browne (Phiz), 1865.

A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.

People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

An alchemist's laboratory: a young man drinks an elixir of life while the alchemist is incapacitated. Wood engraving by H.K. Browne (Phiz), 1865.

The giant Gog extricating the dwarf Xit from a bear in the Lions Tower at the Tower of London, watched by Queen Mary I. Etching by George Cruikshank.

Old Saint Pauls. A tale of the plague and the fire / by William Harrison Ainsworth.

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William Harrison Ainsworth

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People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

A barber's shop near Lincoln's Inn, London: a man answering an advertisement for the barber's assistant points to the advertisement in The times newspaper. Wood engraving by H.K. Browne (Phiz), 1865.

Old Saint Pauls. A tale of the plague and the fire / by William Harrison Ainsworth.

An alchemist's laboratory: a young man drinks an elixir of life while the alchemist is incapacitated. Wood engraving by H.K. Browne (Phiz), 1865.

A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.

William Harrison Ainsworth

Images from the collections

Images by William Harrison Ainsworth

Images featuring William Harrison Ainsworth

Works from the collections

People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

A barber's shop near Lincoln's Inn, London: a man answering an advertisement for the barber's assistant points to the advertisement in The times newspaper. Wood engraving by H.K. Browne (Phiz), 1865.

Old Saint Pauls. A tale of the plague and the fire / by William Harrison Ainsworth.

An alchemist's laboratory: a young man drinks an elixir of life while the alchemist is incapacitated. Wood engraving by H.K. Browne (Phiz), 1865.

A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.

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