Witches and devils, woodcut, 1720. (Wellcome Collection) Show Caption. 1 of 8. A witch holding a plant in one hand and a fan in the other (with symbols on her clothing). Woodcut, circa 1700–20.

Many of these prints, such as the powerful colour woodcut Witches’ Sabbath (1510) by Dürer’s pupil Hans Baldung Grien, can be seen in the British Museum’s exhibition.

A woodcut print from 1619 showing three women accused of being witches in Belvoir, Lincolnshire, England. Women were more likely to be accused of witchcraft than men.

This woodcut print from 1489 shows a witch shooting an enchanted arrow at a man's foot to cure his illness. (Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo) Magic to harm. Image source, ALAMY.

Witches and Wicked Bodies was previously staged at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art last ... published his 1510 “Witches Sabbath,” a woodcut of naked women with implements of ...

Inspired by events in East Anglia, England, in 1645, “The Witching Tide,” by Margaret Meyer, evokes the climate of fear and accusation that grips a town with the arrival of a “witchfinder.” ...

Only a Witch Can Fly. Only a Witch Can Fly. ... Taeeun Yoo's lovely woodcut illustrations show that anything is possible when you believe especially in a book set on a moon-lit Halloween night.

Though the Baldung witches are also not real, their name is likely a nod to German artist Hans Baldung Grien, whose best known work is a 1510 chiaroscuro woodcut called The Witches.

In “The Witch of New York,” Alex Hortis revisits a Staten Island case that helped usher in a lurid new era of journalism. By Kate Tuttle Kate Tuttle writes about books for The Boston Globe ...

Woodcut illustration of the Berkeley Witch from the Nuremberg Chronicle, ca. 1493. This image popularized the link between the practice of witchcraft and the devil. | Courtesy of Cornell University ...