Autograph letter signed by William Burke and dated January 27, 1829.

Confessions, lamentations, and reflections of William Burke, late of Portsburgh,
who is to be executed at Edinburgh, on the 28th January, 1829, for murder,
and his body given for public dissection.

Execution : a full and true account of the last speech and dying declaration of William Burke, who was
executed at Edinburgh this morning, for murder, and his body given for dissection; also of his
conduct and behaviour since his condemnation, and on the scaffold.

Elegy on William Burke, who was executed at Edinburgh, Jan. 28, 1829.

The execution of William Burke on The Lawnmarket, 28 January 1829.

Execution of the notorius William Burke the murderer, who supplied Dr Knox with subjects.

The execution of William Burke in the Lawnmarket, 28 January 1829.

Phrenology cast of head of William Burke

Burke's (left) and Hare's (right) life masks.

Burke's skin pocket book

When the notorious murderer, William Burke, was found guilty and hanged in 1829, his body was publicly
dissected in the University of Edinburgh's medical school, and his skeleton still hangs there for students
to observe. His skin was made into various items, including this pocket book. The pocket book is
currently on display in the Surgeons' Hall Museum.

The skeleton of William Burke.