A witch placing a scorpion into a pot in order to make a potion. Etching by F. Landerer after M. Schmidt.

A woman fast asleep with her head hanging down, a devil is sitting on her stomach and a horse peeps through a curtain; representing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by M.J. Schmidt after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).

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Martin Johann Schmidt

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A witch placing a scorpion into a pot in order to make a potion. Etching by F. Landerer after M. Schmidt.

A woman fast asleep with her head hanging down, a devil is sitting on her stomach and a horse peeps through a curtain; representing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by M.J. Schmidt after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).