Witch story

Witch woodcut. Catalogue ref: E69.(9)  © The British Library Board

This is an early modern woodcut that depicts a witch sailing on a wooden plank, on the River Newbury. It is taken from the front page of a pamphlet that contained within it the sensational story of this witch, intended to entertain a wide readership with its strange tale.  Anon.1643.

 

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