Title page to a tract entitled "de hoorleende kollendans, op tilburn", no. 25 in the series entitled "esopus in europa"; in the centre, an etching showing four witches gathered at tyburn: nemesis, seen from the back with raven's wings, skirt decorated with fleur-de-lis, a mask hanging at ther waist, and the feet of an eagle dangles spindles on threads; three-faced hecate, naked to the waist and with eagle's feet, is sitting side-saddle on a goat; she wears a crown and holds a flaming torch in her right hand and a crook in her left. These two are within a cabalistic magic circle outside which, on the right, busy-body, a spirit with four wings, bows his head to the ground, and, behind him, turbulent spirit, a naked black woman with flaming hair, a bellows hanging from her left wrist, flourishes snakes in her right hand and rings a bell with her left. Animals crouch beyond the circle. In the background, is a mound with a gallows from which hang a group of bodies, a gibbet from which hangs a body in chains and a man about to be beheaded; a sword of coins is being dragged by horses on a hurdle towards the place of execution; beyond is a city gate on which are displayed six heads. 1702
etching with letterpress printed in black ink. Date: 1702. Dimensions: Height: 97 mm (image plate); Height: 188 mm (sheet); Width: 131 mm (image plate); Width: 148 mm (sheet). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Aesop. Collection: British Museum. De Hoorleende Kollendans, op Tilburn (The Dance of the Club-Footed Witches at Tyburn) (BM 1854,0513.522.25)
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