AN260854001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Agostino Veneziano After Raphael (suggested by Bartsch) Date 1510-1536 Schools /Styles Italian Description Two naked men drag the carcass of a monstrous creature, a witch rides above and two other naked men bring up the rear Engraving Dimensions Height: 298 millimetres Width: 624 millimetres Subject witch/warlock
AN414927001© The Trustees of the British MuseumProduction personAfter Parmigianino (?) After Bernard Picart Date1732Schools /StylesFrench DescriptionThe witches' sabbath; a hooded witch rides a monster which is held by a winged demon, figures to the right, an owl in the upper left corner, after a print by Picart after a composition by Parmigianino (?). c. 1732EtchingDimensionsHeight: 145 millimetresWidth: 95 millimetresSubjectwitch/warlock
AN561366001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Published by Nicolaes de Clerck After Jacob de Gheyn II Print made by Andries Jacobsz. Stock (attributed) Date 1610 (circa) Schools /Styles Netherlandish Description Preparations for a witches sabbath; Cupid seated on a winged lizard, at left, approaching a gathering of witches, either haggard or very fat, in the act of practicing their magic art; in the sky a devilish creature pulls the hair of a witch riding on a broomstick; a witch lifts the lid of a cauldron and smoke billows from it (two plates) Engraving Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Lettered below left "Jaques de Gheÿn Inventor" and at right "Nicolaes de Clerck Excudebat". Dimensions Height: 435 millimetres Width: 652 millimetres Subject witch/warlock
AN277920001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Drawn by John Nixon Date 1812 Schools /Styles British Description A young woman appealing to a witch; kneeling down to left, pleading with witch, who casts hands up and seems to reject appeal. 1812 Watercolour Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Inscribed and dated: "J. Nixon 1812" Dimensions Height: 159 millimetres Width: 104 millimetres Subject witch/warlock
AN183487001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Drawn by Frans Francken II Date 1581-1642 Schools /Styles Flemish Description A Witches Sabbath; a fireplace and chimney at right with a witch on a broomstick emerging from it, a woman climbing onto a table in front with cats around her, a group of men and women seated on the ground, with devilish figures and a man dancing in a magic circle behind Pen and brown ink, with blue-grey wash Dimensions Height: 217 millimetres Width: 161 millimetres Subject witch/warlock
AN59448001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Printed by Johann Otmar Published by Johann Rynmann Print made by Hans Schäufelein Production place Printed in Augsburg Date 1511 Schools /Styles German Description Sorcery and witchcraft; witches and warlocks engaging in various rituals, including flying on rams, preparing potions; at lower centre witches being burnt. Illustration to Tengler, 'Der neü Layenspiegel...', Augsburg: Johann Otmar (for Johann Rynmann), 1511. Woodcut Dimensions Height: 190 millimetres (Excluding c. 2 mm margin) Width: 132 millimetres Subject witch/warlock devil/demon
AN179731001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Published by William Holland Print made by Richard Newton Production place Published in London Date 1796 Schools /Styles British Description Satire with four separate scenes of countrymen being frightened by witches. February 1796 Hand-coloured etching Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Lettered with title and text within the images, and "Drawn and Etchd by Newton 1796 / London Published by W Holland Oxford St. Feb 1796 Plate 3" Dimensions Height: 430 millimetres Width: 340 millimetres
AN56045001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Hans Baldung Date 1510 Schools /Styles German Description The Witches' Sabbath. 1510 Colour woodcut from two blocks, tone block orange-brown Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Signed "HBG" on a tablet and dated on the tree at r. Dimensions Height: 371 millimetres Width: 254 millimetres
AN414926001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person After Parmigianino (?) Print made by Bernard Picart Date 1732 Schools /Styles French Description The witches' sabbath; a hooded witch rides a monster which is held by a winged demon, figures to the left, an owl in the upper right corner, after Parmigianino (?). 1732 Etching Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Lettered lower left 'Fran. Parm inv.' Along bottom margin 'Gravé par B. Picart en 1732. d'apres le dessein de Francois Mazzoli, di le Parmesan qui est au Cabinet de Mr Rutgers in Amsterdam.' Inscribed in pen and ink on verso 'Richard Ford 1824.' Dimensions Height: 154 millimetres Width: 97 millimetres
AN440012001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person After Pieter Bruegel the Elder Published by Hieronymus Cock Print made by Pieter van der Heyden Date 1559 Schools /Styles Flemish Description The Witch of Malleghem. The witch and her assistants prepare to cut stones of foolishness out of the heads of three victims in the foreground, around them gathers a crowd to witness the surgery; after Pieter Bruegel. 1559 Engraving Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Lettered "H.COCK.EXCUD.CUM. PRIVILEGIO.1559" along bottom with engraver's monogram on table leg and "P.bruehel/inventor." in a small cartouche hanging from broken egg at r; additional text on banners hanging from spears in midst of crowd Dimensions Height: 329 millimetres Width: 471 millimetres
AN307943001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Jean Jacques Aliamet Published by Jean Jacques Aliamet After David Teniers the Younger Production place Published in Paris Date 1755 Schools /Styles French (all objects) Description Ritual in an interior during the night; in the foreground on the left, a witch sitting at a table with demons and preparing a potion; in the background, a witch kneeling in front of a fireplace and pushing a naked woman towards the fire; after David Teniers the Younger. 1755 Etching Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Lettered with names of producers, publication address: 'à Paris chés l'Auteur, rue St Jacques au Temple du Goût', and title. Dimensions Height: 382 millimetres Width: 279 millimetres
AN550229001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Albrecht Dürer Date 1497 Schools /Styles German Description The Four Witches; a group of four nude women standing underneath a sphere inscribed with the letters "O.G.H". 1497 Engraving Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Signed and dated on the plate. Dimensions Height: 192 millimetres Width: 134 millimetres
AN248248001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Drawn by Théodule Ribot Date 1823-1891 Schools /Styles French Description Three witches; seated around a cauldron, one on right with cat on shoulder Black chalk with stump on cream paper, drawn on back of etching of head of a young girl, cut in half Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Signed upper l Dimensions Height: 171 millimetres Width: 224 millimetres
AN307945001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Jean Jacques Aliamet After David Teniers the Younger Date 1755 Schools /Styles French Description Nocturnal scene with witch standing among demons with firebrand in hand; proof before letters; after David Teniers the Younger. 1755 Etching Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Annotated in brown ink: 'Teniers [?] - aliamet Sculpsit - Sabat'. Dimensions Height: 383 millimetres Width: 281 millimetres
AN610125001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Jacob Binck Date 1528 Schools /Styles German Description The witch attacking the devil; the devil horned and with leaves and twigs on his heads and knees; chased to left by the female figure holding a spindle (?); top right corner made up. Engraving Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Signed with monogram and dated on the tablet at upper right. Dimensions Height: 68 millimetres Width: 54 millimetres
AN11360001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Albrecht Dürer Date 1500 Schools /Styles German Description A witch riding backwards on a goat, with four putti carrying an alchemist's pot, a thorn apple plant. c.1500 Engraving Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Signed in the plate (the monogram with reversed D). Dimensions Height: 116 millimetres Width: 72 millimetres
AN470259001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Published by Carlo Lovera Print made by Eduardo Raimondi Date 1869 (c.) Schools /Styles Italian Description An old witch seated on a chair facing right Etching on a sheet of Chine collé Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Lettered beneath print 'Eduardo Raimondi inc. C. Lovera imp.' followed by title. Dimensions Height: 130 millimetres Width: 74 millimetres
AN414924001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person After Parmigianino (?) Print made by Bernard Picart Date 1732 (c) Schools /Styles French Description The witches' sabbath; a hooded witch rides a collosal phallus which is held by a winged demon, figures to the left, an owl in the upper right corner, a caricature of man's face in profile on the bottom margin of the print, after Parmigianino (?). c.1732 Etching Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Lettered lower left 'Fran. Parm inv.' Inscribed in pen and ink on verso 'Richard Ford 1824.' Dimensions Height: 145 millimetres Width: 95 millimetres
AN26360001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Francisco Goya Date 1799 Schools /Styles Spanish Description Plate 68: two witches riding on broomstick over landscape, owl in air; working proof. 1799 Etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Signed on plate Dimensions Height: 197 millimetres Width: 135 millimetres (trimmed)
AN530502001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person After Louis Chéron Print made by Elisha Kirkall Published by Jacob Tonson the elder Production place Published in London Date 1718 Schools /Styles British Description Pompey consulting the witch Erictho, he watching from a clearing between trees, a pair of soldiers with him, as the witch kneels on the ground in a clearing holding her staff over the body of a dead soldier which she conjures on the ground before her; illustration to Lucan's 'Pharsalia'; after Chéron. 1718 Etching and engraving Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Lettered below the image "L. Cheron del. / E. Kirkall sculp.". Dimensions Height: 103 millimetres Width: 182 millimetres
AN559567001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Daniel Hopfer Date 1505-1536 Schools /Styles German Description Three haggard-looking old women, possibly witches, beating the devil to the ground, devilish creatures in the sky, landscape background; another impression; large section at lower right made up. Etching Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Signed with monogram on the shovel at lower r. Dimensions Height: 223 millimetres Width: 150 millimetres
AN307269001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Drawn by Theodor Matthias von Holst Date 1818-1844 Schools /Styles British Description Witch appearing to a maiden; maiden standing alarmed to right as cloaked figure appears to left, massive building silhouetted against sky in background Graphite heightened with white Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Verso: inscribed with notes in German Dimensions Height: 236 millimetres Width: 178 millimetres
AN313004001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Drawn by Edward Henry Corbould Date 1816-1905 Schools /Styles British Description Illustration to Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'; witch (?), whole-length and standing to front, head turned and looking to left, holding a stick in right hand Brush drawing in brown wash, over graphite Dimensions Height: 360 millimetres Width: 200 millimetres
AN80613001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Department: Prints & Drawings Registration number: 1868,0808.5137 Bibliographic reference BM Satires 6410 Location: Satires British 1784 Unmounted Roy
AN593241001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Johann Jakob Haid (?) Published by Johann Jakob Haid Published by Gilles Rosselin Production place Published in Augsburg Date 1770s (c) Schools /Styles German Description A female alchemist or witch seated at a table, mixing powders; ghost-like creatures hovering above; vase and hourglass to left. c.1770s Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Lettered with title, a poem in French and German and publication details: 'Se vend a Augsbourg chez J Jacques Haid, et a Paris chez Mr GIlles Rosselin'. Dimensions Height: 418 millimetres Width: 212 millimetres
AN595749001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Johann Wilhelm Meil Date 1800 Schools /Styles German Description Coat of arms of 'DC Freyherr von Redwitz' in an oval surrounded by three witches and Punch; vignette. 1800 Etching Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Signed and dated on plate and lettered: DC FREYHERR VON REDWITZ'. Dimensions Height: 65 millimetres Width: 52 millimetres
AN202655001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Drawn by Jan de Bisschop Formerly attributed to Lucas van Leyden Date 1643-1671 Schools /Styles Dutch Description A witch riding through the air on a dragon which holds a book in its mouth, a town in the landscape below, to left a windmill on fire and in the foreground to right three figures Pen and brown ink and brown wash Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Inscribed: "L" in the form of the signature of Lucas van Leyden Verso inscribed in an old hand (stuck down) with an attribution to Lucas Dimensions Height: 163 millimetres Width: 133 millimetres
AN27357001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Francisco Goya Date 1799 Schools /Styles Spanish Description Plate 69: group of witches, some eating children, one standing holding a small figure who is breaking wind towards a torch; c.1855 impression. 1799 Etching, aquatint, drypoint and burin Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Signed and lettered with title and plate number, all on plate Dimensions Height: 212 millimetres Width: 150 millimetres Subject witch/warlock allegory/personification
AN27359001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Production person Print made by Francisco Goya Date 1799 Schools /Styles Spanish Description Plate 70: female figure with large ears held on satyr's shoulders, being ordained as a witch by two grotesques in pointed hats, holding book; from a disbound album of trial proofs. 1799 Etching, aquatint and drypoint Inscriptions Inscription Language: Inscription Content: Signed and lettered with title and plate number, all on plate Dimensions Height: 207 millimetres Width: 165 millimetres Subject satyr witch/warlock
