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1 print : etching with aquatint ; platemark 20 x 28.6 cm

Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed; represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the university of Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1817.

<p>William Burke, whose silhouette appears in the centre on a larger scale than the others, stood trial in 1828 in Edinburgh for the murders he committed with his partner, William Hare. The bodies of their victims were sold to Robert Knox, the Edinburgh anatomist, who is depicted at the lower right holding a skull. Burke was condemned to death and it was ordered that his body be publicly dissected. Alexander Monro III, whose silhouette appears at the upper left, carried out the dissection. For portraits of Burke and Helen McDougal, see this catalogue, no. 25731. At the upper right is the silhouette of one of the jurors of the trial, William Robertson, a cooper. The silhouette of a figure holding a quill at the lower left is labelled "Thomas Beveridge." This is probably the Thomas Beveridge who was Senior Assistant-Clerk in the first division of the court of session of Edinburgh</p>

William Burke (centre), Dr Alexander Monro III (top left), William Robertson (top right), Thomas Beveridge (lower left), Dr Robert Knox (lower right) Silhouettes, c. 1830.

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The Cheilead, or, University Coterie : being violent ebullitions of graphomaniacs, affected by cacoethes scribendi, and famae, sacra fames.

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The Angier idea / the Angier Chemical Company.

<p>Satire generated by the proposal, in 1817, to found a chair of comparative anatomy at Edinburgh University. John Barclay, who was proposed as candidate for the chair, rides on the skeleton of an elephant trying to enter the porch of Old College, Edinburgh. He is supported by J. Gregory, who is pushing the elephant from the rear. Underneath the animal, T.C. Hope has fallen after an attempt to break its forward stride. To right, Alexander Monro tertius and R. Jameson both bar the way into the college</p>

Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed: represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the University of Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1817.

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Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed; represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the university of Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1817.

William Burke (centre), Dr Alexander Monro III (top left), William Robertson (top right), Thomas Beveridge (lower left), Dr Robert Knox (lower right) Silhouettes, c. 1830.

The Cheilead, or, University Coterie : being violent ebullitions of graphomaniacs, affected by cacoethes scribendi, and famae, sacra fames.

The Angier idea / the Angier Chemical Company.

Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed: represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the University of Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1817.

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Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed; represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the university of Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1817.

William Burke (centre), Dr Alexander Monro III (top left), William Robertson (top right), Thomas Beveridge (lower left), Dr Robert Knox (lower right) Silhouettes, c. 1830.

The Cheilead, or, University Coterie : being violent ebullitions of graphomaniacs, affected by cacoethes scribendi, and famae, sacra fames.

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Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed: represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the University of Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1817.

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