1-627-535 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Grave of Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, near Perth, 1840. According to a ballad, in 1666 Betsy and Mary built themselves a bower to avoid catching the plague. A lad brought them food but caught the plague and gave it to them, and all three died. Illustration from Historical and Literary Curiosities consisting of Fac-similies of Original Documents, by Charles John Smith, (Henry G Bohn, London, 1840).