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William Brodie, Scottish cabinetmaker and criminal, 1788. Artist: John Kay
William Brodie, Scottish cabinetmaker and criminal, 1788. A prosperous Edinburgh cabintmaker, Brodie (1741-1788) had a secret life as the leader of a gang of burglars. He was hanged for robbing the Excise Office in Edinburgh. Brodie's double existence is thought to have been the inspiration behind Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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AR922498
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Image
Purpose
Public
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2608px × 4015px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
Brodie
BURGLAR
cabinetmaker
CABINET-MAKER
country
Crime
Criminal
Deacon Brodie
Deacon William Brodie
Dress
eighteenth century
Etching
Fashion
GEORGIAN
JOB
JOHN
John Kay
Kay
Law
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
Monochrome
OCCUPATION
People
Portrait
prig
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
Robert Louis Balfour
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Scotland
SCOTS
Scottish
Stevenson
Table
Thief
WILLIAM
William Brodie
Window