Witchcraft Collection (page 6)

Associates of the Witches of Belvoir. Anne Baker, Joanne Willimott and Ellen Greene, Leicestershire women with their pets and familiars

Macbeth and the Witches, 1835. Artist: Joseph Anton Kock
Macbeth and the Witches, 1835. The witches flying through the sky riding goats and broomsticks are holding up the crown which Macbeth covets. Scene from Shakespeares play, first performed c1606

The Witch, c1830-1857. Artist: Alfred de Musset
The Witch, c1830-1857

Mother Shipton (1488-c1560) English witch and prophetess, 1804. Artist: John Scott
Mother Shipton (1488-c1560) English witch and prophetess, 1804. She is depicted with her familiar, a monkey. Ursula Sonthiel Shipton lived in Yorkshire and told fortunes

The Devil, in the form of a flying goat, carrying a witch to the Sabbath, 1608. From Francesco Maria Guazzo, Compendium Maleficarum, a work on witchcraft. (Milan 1608)

Saul and the Witch of Endor. Saul tries to communicate with the dead Samuel through the Witch of Endor. She brings Samuel out of the earth (Necromancy)

Mother Shipton (1488-c1560) prophesying the death of Cardinal Wolsey
Mother Shipton (1488-c1560) English witch and prophetess, prophesying the death of Cardinal Wolsey. Ursula Sonthiel Shipton lived in Yorkshire and told fortunes

Witches destroying a house by fire - Swabia, 1533. Woodcut from Francesco Maria Guazzo Compendium Maleficarum, Milan, 1608

Witches and sorcerers feasting at the Sabbath, 1608. From Compendium Maleficarum, by Francesco Maria Guazzo. [Milan, 1608]

Witches casting a spell to bring rain, 1489. From De Laniis et phitonicis mulieribus by Ulrich Molitor. [Constance, 1489]

Witch summoning up a monster, 1544
Witch summoning up a monster. This was supposed to have happened in front of Marcomir, King of the Franks. From Cosmographia universalis, by Sebastian Munster. [Basle, 1544]

Witch shooting a man in the foot with an enchanted arrow made from a hazel wand, 1489. From De Laniis et phitonicis mulieribus by Ulrich Molitor. [Constance, 1489]

TheTrial of a Witch, America, (17th century), 1882
TheTrial of a Witch, America, (17th century). Illustration from Mary E. Wilkins Giles Corey, Yeoman. Wood engraving 1892

Witchfinder, (1645) 1830
Witchfinder, 1645. Mathew Hopkins (d.1647) witch-finder of Manningtree, Essex, England. In 1645 had 60 people executed for witchcraft in Essex alone

Witches turned into animals as they ride through the air, 1489
Witches turned into animals as they ride through the air on a stick. From Ulrich Militor De Laniis et phitonicis mulieribus, Constance, 1489. Woodcut

How Shall We Three Meet Again?, 1885. Artist: Joseph Swain
How Shall We Three Meet Again?, 1885. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Lord Salisbury, and William Gladstone are represented in this cartoon

Medium and Re-Medium, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
Medium and Re-Medium, 1864. Here, Punch has a topical dig at the spiritual industry and the idiots of fashion for providing such a fine harvest for the practitioners

The Witches, 1510. Creator: Hans Baldung
The Witches, 1510

Witches, 1514, (1943). Creator: Hans Baldung
Witches, 1514, (1943). There was strong interest in witchcraft in the German-speaking countries at the beginning of the sixteenth century

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