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John Baskerville’s body, sketched in 1829

15 August 1829 · Birmingham

Pencil sketch of a partly preserved body lying in a coffin: a skull-like face with teeth showing, ribs visible, and a dark stain across the middle. — Thomas Underwood, 15 August 1829. Library of Birmingham, MS 897 (Pershouse collection of Birmingham illustrations, vol. II) · Public domain · Select the picture to zoom and pan.

Thomas Underwood’s pencil sketch of Baskerville’s body, made on 15 August 1829 after his lead coffin had been dug up and opened to visitors. The 1829 drawing is long out of copyright; this is a faithful copy of the original in the Library of Birmingham.

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