4074 – Printer’s Wood Block – devilish feast

Physical description:
A printer's wood block for a woodcut illustration of a group of people and demons sitting round a table feasting. The block has been inked.
Museum classification:
Images of Witchcraft
Size:
85 x 96 x 26
Information:

This wood block is an original 18th century block that was used to print one of the woodcut illustrations in the book 'The History of Witches and Wizards' by W.P. (1720). This book was a compilation of earlier accounts of witchcraft, and had a large number of lively illustrations that were very influential in shaping the popular view of witches, witchcraft and the witch hunts.

See also MWM 4075.

Resource:
Object
Materials:
Wood
Copyright ownership:
MWM

This wood block is an original 18th century block that was used to print one of the woodcut illustrations in the book 'The History of Witches and Wizards' by W.P. (1720). This book was a compilation of earlier accounts of witchcraft, and had a large number of lively illustrations that were very influential in shaping the popular view of witches, witchcraft and the witch hunts.

See also MWM 4075.