Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.

  • Bateman, Robert, 1842-1922.
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[1870]
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44691i
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Witches or "cunning folk" using cords to pull up a mandrake plant growing near the foot of the gallows

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[1870]

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1 painting : gouache on paper ; paper 31.2 x 45.8 cm

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Exhibitions note

Exhibited in 'Preraffaelliti: rinascimento moderno' at Musei di San Domenico, Forli, Italy, 23rd February - 30th June 2024

References note

Handbook of the Historical Medical Museum organised by Henry S. Wellcome, 54A, Wigmore Street, London W., 1913, p. 15 ("Corridor I. … 1. Gathering mandrakes. E. Bateman")
Amanda Kavanagh, 'Robert Bateman: a true Victorian', Apollo, September 1989, vol. 130, pp. 174-179 and 218
Andrew Wilton and Robert Upstone (editors), The age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones & Watts: symbolism in Britain, 1860-1910, London 1997, pp. 42, 121-122
Lionel Lambourne, Victorian painting, London 1999, p. 443
Alison Smith (ed.), Watercolour, London 2011, p. 155
Preraffaelliti: rinascimento moderno, Milan: Dario Cimorelli, 2024, pp. 338, 535 (catalogue entry by Caterina Franciosi, no. IX.10)
Ed Simon, 'Practical advice for discerning "Cunning folk"', The wild hunt: pagan news and perspectives, online, 28 April 2024, https://wildhunt.org/2024/04/practical-advice-for-discerning-cunning-folk.html

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Wellcome Collection 44691i

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