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Tanner's Close, Hare's House (demolished 1902)
Unknown, 1896, Photograph
Tanner's Close, Hare's House (demolished 1902)
Tanner's Close, Hare's House (demolished 1902)
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3247
Title
Tanner's Close, Hare's House (demolished 1902)
Description
A photograph of Tanner's Close, West Port, Edinburgh, showing stone steps accessed by an iron gate. There are iron railings. A gas lamp is attached to the wall of a building.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1896
Size
23.5 x 17.5 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
William Burke and William Hare committed a series of murders in Edinburgh in the late 1820's. Their victims' bodies were sold to be used for dissection. Burke was executed early in 1829. Hare was released in the same year having given evidence against his former accomplice.
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Burke and Hare's Edinburgh
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