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Stipple print of a kneeling old woman at a smoking cauldron conjuring a horned demon, with robed onlookers and a child on the floor in a dark cave.

Witches conjuring a spirit, after John Opie, 1796 stipple print

A dark stipple engraving shows a kneeling old woman in a white shift and blue shawl before a smoking cauldron, gesturing toward a horned, muscular demon. Robed onlookers in the shadows raise their hands, and a small child lies on the floor at lower left.

Artist
John Opie
Date
Decr. 1 1796
Medium
Stipple engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3172 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1796.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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