Afterlife, Folklore, Supernatural & Witchcraft Gallery

The Witch of the Woodlands, illustration from Chap-books of the Eighteenth

489585 The Witch of the Woodlands, illustration from Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century by John Ashton, pub. 1882 (litho) by English School, (18th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Witch of the Woodlands or The Cobler's New Translation; From a woodcut engraving printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow Lane, London;); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

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The Last Judgement, 1473 (oil on panel) (see also 178090)

NMG144071 The Last Judgement, 1473 (oil on panel) (see also 178090) by Memling, Hans (c.1433-94); 222x321 in total cm; Muzeum Narodowe, Gdansk, Poland; (add.info.: triptych commissioned by Angelo di Jacopo Tani, an agent of the Medici at Bruges, but was captured at sea by Paul Beneke, a privateer from Danzig ; The central panel shows Jesus sitting in judgment on the world, while St Michael the Archangel is weighing souls and driving the damned towards Hell. (The sinner in St. Michael's right-hand scale pan is a donor portrait of Tommaso Portinari.) On the left hand panel, the saved are being guided into heaven by St Peter and angels); A© National Museum in Gdansk ; Netherlandish, out of copyright

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Male witch renouncing Christ, copy of an illustration from '

STC205007 Male witch renouncing Christ, copy of an illustration from Compendium Maleticarum by Fr M Guaccius, Milan 1608, used in History of Magic, published late 19th century (woodcut) (b/w photo) by Italian School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Italian, out of copyright

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