Document / handbill

Description

Handbill relating to the trial of Burke and Hare consisting of portraits of four of the principal figures, with biographies, 1829

Museum reference

W.MS.1996.5.3

Collection

Archives

Object name

Document / handbill

Production information

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1829

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Burke, William, 1792 - 1829
Depicted: William Hare
Trial of Burke and Hare

Exhibitions

• Anatomy: A Matter of Death and Life (02 Jul 2022 - 30 Oct 2022)
  National Museum of Scotland