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The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes, Pt. II

Sat, Oct 26, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 190

[WITCH] Mother Damnable of Kentish Town. [London]: J. Caulf...

Estimate: $100 - $200

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[WITCH] Mother Damnable of Kentish Town. [London]: J. Caulfield, 1793. Fine pictorial engraving bearing a portrait of presumed London witch ?Mother Damnable,? dressed in torn clothing and kneeling next to a hearth, one hand lifting a crutch, behind her on the floor is an overturned vessel near a pipe and some leaves, another vessel which is broken sits atop a small table, and on the wall is a depiction of a coat of arms with the image of two cats hanging up-side down by their tails. Likely from Caulfield?s Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons (ca. 1790s). Glazed, 9 ? x 6?. Possibly laid down. Foxing and toning.