Reconstruction - William Hewson in his anatomy schoolCredit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - Anatomy school surgical implementsCredit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - Hewson with cadaver and surgical knife.Credit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - Organs for dissection and surgical implementsCredit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - Hewson with cadaver and surgical knife.Credit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - Benjamin Franklin corresponding at his writing desk.Credit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - William HewsonCredit: Icon Films
Reconstruction – Discovery of the bones in the basement.Credit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - William and Polly Hewson arm in armCredit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - Benjamin Franklin looking out of window.Credit: Icon Films
ReconstructionBenjamin Franklin taking tea with his landlady Margaret Stevenson and her daughter Polly Stevenson.Icon Films
ReconstructionPolly Stevenson
Friend of Benjamin Franklin and future wife of William Hewson.Credit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - The bones laid out for inspection.Credit: Icon Films
Dr. Paul KnapmanHer Majesty’s Coroner for London Borough of Westminster (retired).
Called to investigate the scene after the discovery of the bones.Credit: Icon Films
Dr Marcia BaliscianoDirector – Benjamin Franklin House
Expert on the life of Benjamin Franklin.Credit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - Wide shot of the “Resurrectionists”Credit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - Close up of “Resurrectionist” with lamp in graveyardCredit: Icon Films
Close up of the actual bones discovered in the basement of Craven Street.Credit: Icon Films
A selection of the actual bones found in the pit at Craven Street.Credit: Icon Films
Dr. Simon ChaplinHead of the Wellcome Library
Expert on bodysnatching and anatomists.Credit: Icon Films
James O'Connell - Retired Detective Inspector - New Scotland YardSenior police officer called to the scene after the discovery of the Craven Street Bones.Credit: Icon Films
Benjamin Franklin's SignatureRoyal Society Charter Book with signature of Benjamin FranklinCredit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - Close up of “Resurrectionist” in graveyard.Credit: Icon Films
Reconstruction - Franklin’s experiments with electricity generating a spark.Credit: Icon Films
Professor Simon HillsonProfessor of Bio-archaeology – University College London
Senior archaeologist who investigated the Craven Street bones.Credit: Icon Films
Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris – Medical HistorianExpert on 18th Century medicine and surgery.Tony Smith – Cleared for WW, all media, in perp.
Melissa HewsonMedical Student and descendant of William Hewson
Expert on William Hewson’s life and works.Credit: Icon Films
Almost complete skeleton of a baby found in the basement of Craven Street.Credit: Icon Films
Keith MooreLibrarian of the Royal Society
Discusses Hewson and Franklin’s membership of the Royal Society and their contributions to the science of the time.Credit: Icon Films
Keith MooreLibrarian of the Royal Society with Royal Society Charter Book.Credit: Icon Films
Dr. John Troyer – Centre for Death and Society, University of BathExpert on death and society.Credit: Icon Films
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Franklin was curious about the world and he operated in it as a gentlemanly scientist.
Ben Franklin’s Bones
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