Wellington and Peel, in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching, 1829.
Featured on PDR in the collection The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times (1884)
“Of all the criminal events that have occurred in Scotland,” George MacGregor writes in the introduction to this History of Burke and Hare,
Also appearing in the collection…
Burkeing the constitution of E—g——d!!!!!
Artist
Date
1829
From
The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times
