| Description Of Item | Colour illustration of William Burke and William Hare and Margaret Hare meeting, and colour illustration of William Burke and Dr Knox meeting, with a body behind them on a table. William Burke has blood on his face, and Dr Knox is covering his face with a mask.
Includes adapted versions of Macbeth including substituting ‘the Heath’ for ‘Surgeon Square’, ‘Macbeth’ for ‘Macdeath’, ‘Banquo’ for ‘Jamie’ and ‘throat is cut’ for ‘throttled’.
No VII, RH Nimmo’s Lithog, Edinburgh
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