print; broadside

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Object Type: print; broadside
Museum number: 1880,0710.582
Title: Object: Hort an new schrecklich abenthewr Von den vnholden vngehewr
Description: A broadside on witchcraft in the Bishopric of Trier and elsewhere; with an etching depicting various scenes of witchcraft; and with engraved text in six columns.
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous
School/style: German
Production date: 1600 (circa)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving (text)
Dimensions: Height: 233 millimetres; Width: 290 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Harms 1985 continuing / Deutsche Illustrierte Flugblätter des 16 und 17 Jahrhunderts (I.155)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2014-15 Sept-Jan: London BM, Witches and Wicked Bodies
Subjects: witch/wizard
Associated places: Associated with: Trier
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Albert Cohn
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1880,0710.582
Conservation: Treatment: 18 Feb 2014

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