print; satirical print; frontispiece

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Object Type: print; satirical print; frontispiece
Museum number: 1868,0808.3233
Title: Object: Matthew Hopkins Witch Finder Generall
Description: Frontispiece to a tract entitled "The Discovery of Witches" illustrating a passage on pp. 2-3; Matthew Hopkins stands in the middle of a room with two old women sitting either side of him and five animals identified as their familiars. 1647 Woodcut
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous; Published by: Richard Royston
School/style: British
Production date: 1647
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodcut
Dimensions: Height: 131 millimetres; Width: 101 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The BL copy of the tract has the press mark, E.388/2
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (680); O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; witch/wizard; animal
Associated names: Representation of: Matthew Hopkins
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edward Hawkins (estate of)
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.3233

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