Three bodysnatchers in the dock: James May, Thomas Williams and John Bishop. Lithograph, ca. 1831.

Date:
[1831?]
Reference:
7698i
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Description

Thomas Williams and John Bishop were convicted and hanged in 1831 for stealing bodies for sale to anatomy schools and for murder for the same purpose. May was their accomplice. All three are depicted with the physiognomies attributed at the time to mental defectiveness and/or criminality

Publication/Creation

[London] (Strand) : G.E. Madeley, [1831?]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; image 18 x 21 cm

Lettering

May. Williams. Bishop. A sketch taken at Bow Street.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 7698i

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