Resurrectionists
Created by Frida Santos on Mon, 11/15/2021 - 15:35
Description:
The Resurrectionists were men that stole bodies from cemmentaries directed by medical practiticioners. At least until cemmentaries were taking security measures to protect the graves of the deceased; those security measures allowed stolen graves to decrease. The Resurrectionist were the ones that provided the corpses in The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Copyright:
©Public Domain
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Artist:
- Hablot Knight Browne
Image Date:
circa. 1 Jan 1887