Walpurgisnacht: a devil sees witches on broomsticks setting off into the night. Etching by R. Girling.

  • Girling, Richard, 1799-1869.
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[between 1800 and 1899]
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40378i
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Walpurgisnacht: a devil sees witches on broomsticks setting off into the night. Etching by R. Girling. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Norfolk?], [between 1800 and 1899]

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1 print : etching ; platemark 11.1 x 8.1 cm

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May day night on the Brocken. RG inven et fecit The lettering is in pencil on the impression catalogued. The Brocken, or Blocksberg, in the Harz mountains, was an area famous in tradition for its witchcraft

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Wellcome Collection 40378i

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