Witches in a hay loft [graphic]

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Title: Witches in a hay loft [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created: [29 April 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published April 29, 1807, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Abstract: "A yokel puts his head through a trap-door (left), holding up a lantern and pitchfork. He gapes in horror at the sight before him. Two witches (right) sit over a fire burning in a bowl; one holding a broom gazes grimly towards the creatures they have called up: two bodies, one old, the other young, both winged, one having wings of flame, terminate together in the crouching hind-legs of a beast of prey; with these are the head and neck of a monstrous bird. Two grotesque goblins emerge from clouds (left), and a serpent hisses at the women."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate numbered '18' in upper right corner.
Later state issued around 1813. Cf. No. 12150, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9 for description with different plate number.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. XIII.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.4 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 25 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Goblins
Supernatural beings
Witches
Subjects: Goblins
Supernatural beings
Witches
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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