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Brooms and brushes

Cleaning tool formed by attaching branches of certain plants or similar synthetic fibers to the end of a stick

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Images referencing Brooms and brushes

16 images from works
  • A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained and taunted by her family. Coloured mezzotint.
  • A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained by her family. Etching.
  • Two naked witches riding on a broomstick accompanied by an owl. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Two Scotsmen flying on a witch's broomstick from Edinburgh to London; representing Scots usurping the positions of southerners under the government of Lord Bute. Etching by P. Sandby, 1762.
  • Witches meeting and performing spell. Etching by J.A.A. Pastelot.
  • Textiles: lace making, fabricating horse-hair brushes (top), and details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained by her family. Etching.
  • A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained and taunted by her family. Coloured mezzotint.
  • A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained by her family. Etching.
  • Domestic violence: a husband holding his wife by the hair about to strike her with a shoe, while she tries to defend herself with a broom. Watercolour drawing.
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Works from the collections

19 works

    • Ephemera

    Dr. Scott's electric hair brush : an honest remedy. Recommended by the best physicians / Pall Mall Electric Association.

    | Date: [1883?]
    • Pictures

    Two naked witches riding on a broomstick accompanied by an owl. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

    Francisco Goya | Date: [1796/1798] | Reference: 37202i
    • Pictures

    A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained and taunted by her family. Coloured mezzotint.

    | Reference: 16523i
    • Ephemera

    Halex for Christmas... : means satisfaction for certain / Halex.

    Halex (Firm) | Date: [1954]
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Domestic violence: a husband holding his wife by the hair about to strike her with a shoe, while she tries to defend herself with a broom. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 26869i
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Related topics

Witchcraft
Occultism

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