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William Hare (1790-1860) Murderer and body snatcher, accomplice of William Burke in murders and stealing of corpses to supply bodies for dissection by Edinburgh medical students and anatomists. Their actions were basis of plot for James Bridie's (Osborne Henry Mavor 1888-1951) play 'The Anatomist' 1931. From a contemporary coloured print.

William Hare (1790-1860) Murderer and body snatcher, accomplice of William Burke in murders and stealing of corpses to supply bodies for dissection by Edinburgh medical students and anatomists. Their actions were basis of plot for James Bridie's (Osborne Henry Mavor 1888-1951) play 'The Anatomist' 1931. From a contemporary coloured print.
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William Hare (1790-1860) Murderer and body snatcher, accomplice of William Burke in murders and stealing of corpses to supply bodies for dissection by Edinburgh medical students and anatomists. Their actions were basis of plot for James Bridie's (Osborne Henry Mavor 1888-1951) play 'The Anatomist' 1931. From a contemporary coloured print.
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50.8 x 84.6 cm | 20.0 x 33.3 in (300 dpi)