Keywords: The 'London Burkers'; John Bishop (left), Thomas Williams (c Wellcome M0013444.jpg The 'London Burkers' John Bishop left Thomas Williams centre and James May right The subjects known as the 'London Burkers' were convicted in 1831 of the murder of a victim for the purposes of dissection <p>Rare Books<br> Keywords anatomy history; James May; John Bishop; body snatchers; burkers; italian boy ; Resurrectionists; Thomas Williams Library reference ICV No 27842 Photo number M0013444 Full Bibliographic Record http //catalogue wellcomelibrary org/record b1561778 object history exhibition history credit line Wellcome Images Bibliographic record states that original engraving was published in T Kelly The history of the London Burkers London 1832 frontispiece http //wellcomeimages org/indexplus/obf_images/b5/ef/5f1ef6bbbf29da34bd9a5cbabaa1 jpg Gallery http //wellcomeimages org/indexplus/image/M0013444 html accession number PD-old PD-1923 Images uploaded by Fæ Wellcome M0013444 jpg Files from Wellcome Images check needed M0013444 jpg Resurrectionists Wellcome Rare Books Collection |