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Wizards

Magicians appearing in fantasy fiction

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Wizards

12 images from works
  • Saint Christine: she is condemned to be bitten by snakes in a prison cell, but persuades them not to attack her. Engraving by Niccolò Mellini after V. Pizzoli.
  • A man of occult learning arrives at the house of a cobbler and his wife: the cobbler insults him, the wife defends him. Coloured engraving by L. Truchy after F. Hayman.
  • Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.
  • Wizards and witches offering a new-born baby to their master. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A witches' sabbath. Line engraving, 17--.
  • Sir Francis Burdett conjuring up a ghost, expecting it to be that of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, but the ghost of William Pitt the younger appears. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.
  • Wizards and witches offering a new-born baby to their master. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A Binsa sorcerer or shaman, Congo. Halftone.
  • Conversion of Simon the Sorcerer. Aquatint by J. Stewart after Raphael.
  • Ghosts of bishops appearing to a young man; their names are given to him by a wizard. Engraving by B. Winkles after J. Salmon.
  • A witches' sabbath. Line engraving, 17--.
  • A magician in his gothic study conjuring demons: a naked woman appearing from a mirror. Soft ground etching by F. Rops.

Works from the collections

16 works

    • Pictures

    A bogus wizard appears to raise a devil out of the ground for a customer whose pocket is picked by the wizard's accomplice. Coloured print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1800.

    Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827. | Date: 1800 | Reference: 46992i
    • Pictures

    A man consulting a wizard, who shows him materializations of human figures in the form of skeletons. Coloured etching by George Cruikshank.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: Between 1800 and 1899 | Reference: 47616i
    • Books

    The collected Cheech Wizard / by Vaughn Bodé.

    Bodé, Vaughn, 1941-1975. | Date: 1972
    • Pictures

    Wizards and witches offering a new-born baby to their master. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

    Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828. | Date: [1796/1798] | Reference: 36917i
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    Saint Christine: she is condemned to be bitten by snakes in a prison cell, but persuades them not to attack her. Engraving by Niccolò Mellini after V. Pizzoli.

    Pizzoli, Vincenzo. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 4631i

Related topics

Witchcraft
Demonology
Ghosts
Devil

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