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Arrest for witchcraft
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
97.8 × 151.7 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: J. Pettie / 1866
Accession Number
p.305.6-1
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1876
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Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
History and Legend Human Figures Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
accusing arrests (legal events) elderly prisoners scenes (depictions) spectators (event observers) witchcraft women (female humans)
Frame
Original, by William Spencer, London