Resurrectionists
Resurrectionists

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.

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Artist: 

  • Hablot Knight Browne

Image Date: 

circa. 1 Jan 1887