M0013442: Portrait of William Burke (1792-1829)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Portrait of William Burke, from a sketch taken in Court

Photograph of a drawing of William Burke (1792-1829), Irish graverobber and serial killer, from a sketch taken in court. This reproduction was made from Mac Gregor, George: The history of Burke and Hare and of the resurrectionist times : a fragment from the criminal annals of Scotland, Glasgow : T.D. Morison, 1884. Related images: M0013443

April 1954

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm print; 15.7 x 11.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.