Witchcraft in Art
View a collection of images representing witches in art dating from around 1880 to 1903. See below for links to related online museum and library exhibitions.
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See also: Goddesses, Spiritual
Salvator Rosa: Witches, Magic, & Philosophy
A selection of 17th century paintings featuring scenes with witches, wizards, and dragons, each painting includes an overview. This is a section of a larger exhibit of works by Salvator Rosa at the Kimbell Art Museum.
Damned Art
An online exhibition from the Glasgow University Library that includes a description of the first known book to describe witchcraft written in 1458, several other books are listed along with a collection of woodcut images featuring demons and witches dating from 1489 to 1725.
Witchcraft in Salem, 17th Century
A collection related images including woodcuts dating from 1625, book illustrations, photographs of the Gallows Hill Area and of household objects from the home of Rebecca Nurse, and gravestones.
The Witchcraft Folder
Around 54 items in the New York Public Library's collection of pictures related to witchcraft, includes mostly book illustrations dating from around 1621 to 1911, showing portraits of what people believed witches looked like at that time, images from trials, demons, and others.
Magic, Alchemy & Witches
A collection of images in the WorldImages database from the California State University IMAGE Project, includes paintings, sculptures, and photographs.
Tate Collection: Subject Search
Around 17 witch images and 9 sorcerer images in the Tate Online Collection including works by William Blake, Arthur Hughes, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Henry Fuseli, and others. Scroll down to "Religion and Belief" and click "magic and occultism" to view images.
Various Images of Salem Witch Trials
Small image collection of artwork related to the Salem witch trials of 1692, includes paintings dating from 1657 to 1942, and a 2001 illustration.
The Museum of Witchcraft
Includes an online rotating tour of objects related to magic and witchcraft.
Salem Witchcraft Trials
Includes a history of persecutions for witchcraft leading up to the Salem trials, numerous images including woodcuts, paintings, manuscript pages, and maps. Also includes court records, letters, death warrants, lists of the dead, and other related information.
Witchcraft, Demonology and the Inquisition
An electronic exhibition from The Rare Books and Special Collections Library, University of Sydney.
Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection
A collection of more than 3,000 books dating from 1440 to 1750 with around 104 of the most important texts freely available online.
The Occult
A rare books exhibition from the Monash University Library, inlcudes manuscript pages, book illustrations and covers, and photographs of ectoplasm.
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