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Portrait of Matthew Hopkins the Witch Finder

Maker

(artist)
1800-1899

(publisher)
1764-1826

Title

Portrait of Matthew Hopkins the Witch Finder

Date of Production

1813

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.7 cm
Width: 13.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5848.39

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre and throughout image & recto : : Matthew Hopkins Witch Finder Generall / "My Imps names are " / 1 Ilameuzar / 2 Pyewackett / 3 Pecke in the Crowne / 4 Griezzell Greedigutt / "Holt." / Jarmara / Sacke / (ampersand) Sugar / Newes / Vinegar tom //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre image & recto : : Correcly Copied from an extreme Rare Print in the / Collection of J. Bindley Esq. /

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : Published as the Act directs March 20. 1792. by J. Caulfield, London. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre & recto : : BRITISH SCHOOL / J. Caulfield, Portraits Remarkable Persons, 1813. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right & recto : : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower right & verso : : M //

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