While plague doctors have been plying their trade since the middle ages it was only after this period during the 17th century that they acquired their creepy trademark costume. Choose your favorite plague doctor designs and purchase them as wall art home decor phone cases tote bags and more.
But what does it mean.
Traditional plague doctor tattoo design. See more ideas about plague doctor doctor tattoo plague. Black grey cherub. In times of epidemics these physicians were specifically hired by towns where the plague had taken hold since the city was paying them a salary they treated everyone wealthy or poor.
A plague doctor was a physician who treated victims of the bubonic plague. Cover up libra scale. Jul 27 2020 explore michelle sullivan s board tattoos plague doctor followed by 220 people on pinterest.
Many choose to use black and grey ink exclusively when it comes to their plague doctor tattoo design. The plague doctor mask is one of the most recognizable symbols of the black death. Geometric skull pattern.
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Given their monochromatic color scheme it is no surprise that many people choose to get plague doctors applied in dense black ink and the bold lines of american traditional are put to good use in the se morbid designs. Noir tattoo dark tattoo plague mask plague doctor mask black plague doctor doctor drawing doctor tattoo traditional tattoo old school bubonic plague inktober 2019 day 8 frail vanessa viegas art the plague doctors were physicians who treated patients suffering from the bubonic plague. 136831150 hand drawn vector illustration with traditional venetian carnival.
Dec 24 2019 explore daniel sokolovsky s board plague doctor tattoo on pinterest. However some plague doctors were known to charge patients and their families additional fees for special treatments or false cures. 125028389 vector art illustration with plague doctor.
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If you find that you prefer to stick more closely to tradition plan your design around a more monochromatic color scheme. As discussed plague doctor tattoos are most commonly dark in color. Though the image is iconic the relationship may be a little anachronistic.
