Witch Collection

Salem Witches: Tituba
Titubas tales alarm the children, who accuse her of being a witch

Fairy Tales of Autumn - Hansel and Gretel by Pauline Baynes
Hansel and Gretel by Pauline Baynes, one of a series of four illustrations of fairy tales which reflect each season. In this case

Halloween / Witch Dances
A witch dances with her black cat and a pumpkin

The Modern Witch
A reckless looking witch in a 1920s flapper dress cackles to herself as she rides her broomstick. Date: 1920s

Sleeping Beauty ballet, christening scene
The christening scene in a ballet version of the Sleeping Beauty, with the wicked fairy Carabosse putting her curse on the baby Princess in her cradle

Hamemalis Mollis (Witch Hazel)
Hamemalis (or Hamamelis) Mollis (Witch Hazel), a large shrub or small tree of the Hamamelidaceae family, native to areas of China

North Berwick Witches and Dr Fian in a churchyard
The North Berwick Witches and Dr Fian fly round a church, some on broomsticks, as confessed to King James

Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger by Arthur Rackham
The crucial moment in the story of Sleeping Beauty when Beauty pricks her finger on a spinning wheel thus sending her to sleep for a number of years

Mother Shipton Soap
An advertisement for Mother Shipton Soap showing a Wise Woman sitting with her basket of sparkling white linen - almost as white as her pet cat!

Lancashire Witches
THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES Mother Chattox, noted local witch, rides to Pendle Hill

Off to Fairyland by Muriel Dawson
A small child engrossed in a huge book of fairy tales

Ugly Duckling (Boyle)
The old cottage woman, with her distaff and her animal companions : often such solitary females were suspected of witchcraft

Witch of Endor (Rosa)
The Witch of Endor conjures up the spirit of Samuel at the request of Saul

Witch Feeds Familiars
A witch feeds her familiars

Witches Sabbath by Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish romantic painter. Witches Sabbath, 1821-1823. Detail. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Dutch Witch Trial C17
Trying a suspect for witchcraft in Holland : she is being weighed on a balance, but what that is supposed to prove I can t tell you

Isobel Gowdie
At her 1662 trial, Scottish witch ISOBEL GOWDIE tells how since 1647 she and her companions were visited by Black John who chastised disobedient witches

Customs / Halloween
A Hallowe en Witch offers suitable costume, a shopkeeper provides appropriate eats

Sleeping Beauty - 6
Beauty - and everyone else in the palace, human or animal - fall asleep under the witchs spell: only she and her familiars, cat and crow, are immune

Witch of Berkeley
The Witch of Berkeley, said by William of Malmesbury to have been exhumed by her friend, the Devil, who took her away on his horse

North Berwick Witches casting spells
The North Berwick Witches -- Satan lures Dr Fian and other misguided people to indulge in evil practices such as causing shipwrecks by casting spells

Fairyland Fancies -- a little girl gazes into the fire, seeing imaginary figures of fairies, witches and goblins. late 19th century

Witch of Endor
She summons up the spirit of Samuel, at Sauls request

Goat-Borne Witch
A witch rides through the starlit sky on her goat, carrying a child she has stolen from its mum

Witchcraft - Flying
A countrywoman is amazed to see two witches - one male, one female - flying past escorted by the Devil who, it seems, also needs a broomstick Date: circa 1600

St. Andrews from the Edge of the Witch Lake (1841). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1841

Sleeping Beauty - 5
Beauty comes upon the old woman spinning in an upstairs chamber of the palace. The cat and the crow should be a warning to her that the old woman is a witch

Salem With Museum. Placard. Massachusetts. united States

Poster for Candian Pacific Mont Cruises - a glamorous lady in a green dress leans back against the rail of the liner, holding a black witches hat by its lengthy bowstrings

Witch of Wookey
The notorious Witch of Wookey, in Somerset, is exorcised by a Holy Clerk from nearby Glastonbury, and is forthwith turned to stone !

Goblins spying on witches on a Christmas card
Goblins spying on two witches with a cooking pot on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Three adder stones, also known as hag stones, witch stones, serpents eggs and snakes eggs. They are believed by some to have been formed by the secretions of snakes or adders

Village witch doctor, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Village witch doctor with his equipment, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. 1922

Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard
A Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard - the legend runs that a lady buried in the vault from which the tree is growing was an atheist

Witch Airborne by Florence Mary Anderson
A witch flies through the air with her companions by Florence Mary Anderson. 1915

The Witchs Frolic by Alfred Bestall
The witchs frolic, taking place on Hallowe en, the date when Saman, Lord of Death, called together the spirits of all the wicked dead who in the last twelve months had been condemned to inhabit

Westland WS. 51 Dragonfly HR. 5 WG664
Royal Navy - Westland WS.51 Dragonfly HR.5 WG664 (msn W/H/34), delivering the wicked Witch during an airshow at RNAS Ford on 31 June 1963. Date: 1963

Cover design, The Tinder Box, Pocket Series booklet
Cover design, The Tinder Box, Pocket Series Fairy Stories booklet

The Witches Sabbath or The Witches, 1797-1798, by Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Witches Sabbath or The Witches, 1797-1798. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Witches Sabbath, 1797-1798, by Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Witches Sabbath, 1797-1798. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Illustration, The train is just coming in now, said the little porter. Date: 1938

Illustration of fashionable women's gloves and jewellery. Date: 1954

SAUL & WITCH OF ENDOR
Saul, king of Israel, consults the Witch of Endor to learn his destiny : the spirit of the dead Samuel reminds him of his shortcomings and foretells defeat and death for him

PEER GYNT The Troll Witch

Peer Gynt encounters the TROLL-WITCH who accuses him of being her former lover and the father of her troll-child

WITCH AND DEVIL
A witch, who had ill-advisedly made a contract with the Devil, is carried off by him when it reaches its death-date Date: 1555

Summoning the dead: the Witch of Endor and Samuel's spirit
The Witch of Endor conjures up the spirit of Samuel at the request of Saul. Date:

A Norwegian huldre who seems to be an innocent milkmaid, but who is in reality a deceiving witch who can lead the unwary countryman into all kinds of trouble. Date: 1879

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