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Witchcraft: Robert Hunt, with two other men, surmounted by a devil. Woodcut, 1720.

Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.

Four scenes all involving water: trial by water, people using divination rods, and different types of rods. Engraving.

The Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) accusing Jane (Elizabeth) Shore of witchcraft. Engraving.

Eleanor doing penance for witchcraft. Engraving by A. Smith, 1811, after R. Smirke.

Witch craze : terror and fantasy in baroque Germany / Lyndal Roper.

Three scenes: trial scene, witches flying through the sky, a witch conversing with the Devil in hell. Woodcut, 1720.

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Witch craze : terror and fantasy in baroque Germany / Lyndal Roper.

Witchcraft: Robert Hunt, with two other men, surmounted by a devil. Woodcut, 1720.

Three scenes: trial scene, witches flying through the sky, a witch conversing with the Devil in hell. Woodcut, 1720.

Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.

The Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) accusing Jane (Elizabeth) Shore of witchcraft. Engraving.