Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.

  • Bateman, Robert, 1842-1922.
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[1870]
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44691i
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Witches using cords to pull up a mandrake plant growing near the foot of the gallows

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[1870]

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1 painting : gouache on paper ; paper 31.2 x 45.8 cm

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References note

Handbook of the Historical Medical Museum organised by Henry S. Wellcome, 54A, Wigmore Street, London W., 1913, p. 15 ("Corridor I. … 1. Gathering mandrakes. E. Bateman")
Amanda Kavanagh, 'Robert Bateman: a true Victorian', Apollo, September 1989, vol. 130, pp. 174-179 and 218
Andrew Wilton and Robert Upstone (editors), The age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones & Watts: symbolism in Britain, 1860-1910, London 1997, pp. 42, 121-122
Lionel Lambourne, Victorian painting, London 1999, p. 443
Alison Smith (ed.), Watercolour, London 2011, p. 155

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Wellcome Collection 44691i

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