| Description Of Item | A colour illustration of a group of pigs, as well as a colour illustration of the dissection of a pig by Dr Robert Knox with blood on the floor and a crowd watching on from the sidelines.
Text reads ‘Thee nursery; - or subjects in training for next lecturing session at Philadelphia’/’Some men there are love much a gaping pig. – Shakespeare’
‘Tis safest taking subjects from the swimish multitude. – Bacon’
‘If you can get them when just killed, this is of great advantage. – Domestic Cookery’
‘Brand’s Swine bring at present from £5 to £8. – Weekly Market List.
Relates to William Burke and William Hare.
No II, Noxiana, RH Nimmo’s Lithog, Edin.
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