Portrait of James Wilkinson 'Daft Jamie'
Dublin Core
Title
Portrait of James Wilkinson 'Daft Jamie'
Subject
Murder, Mental Illness, Victim, Bodysnatching, Resurrectionist, Crime, Anatomy, Medicine, Dissection
Description
This is a portrait of James Wilkinson also known as "Daft Jamie." Wilkinson was a victim of Burke and Hare. He was "burked" in Hare's boarding house, and then Burke and Hare sold Wilkinson's body to Dr. Knox for his dissections.
Creator
James Moores Ball
Source
Featured in the book The sack-'em-up men : an account of the rise and fall of the modern resurrectionists. Wellcome Library
Publisher
Edinburgh ; London : Oliver and Boyd, 1928.
Date
1928
Contributor
Kelly Collins
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Relation
Portraits of William Burke and Helen McDougal on trial in Edinburgh in 1828 for the West Port murders.
Death Mask of William Burke
The court of Cacus : or, the story of Burke and Hare
Burke the Murderer
Burke & Hare Murder Dolls
William Burke's Skeleton
Notice of Execution
William Burke's Confession
Trial notes of William Burke and Helen McDougal
Death Mask of William Burke
The court of Cacus : or, the story of Burke and Hare
Burke the Murderer
Burke & Hare Murder Dolls
William Burke's Skeleton
Notice of Execution
William Burke's Confession
Trial notes of William Burke and Helen McDougal
Format
File: JPEG; Original: Still image
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Wellcome Library b11103115
Coverage
Nineteenth Century
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Still Image; Portrait
Physical Dimensions
24 cm
Files
Citation
James Moores Ball, “Portrait of James Wilkinson 'Daft Jamie',” Enlightenmens, accessed March 29, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/916.