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Etching of a horned devil silhouetted on a rock, staff in hand, watching witches on broomsticks flying through swirling night clouds.

Walpurgisnacht: a devil sees witches on broomsticks setting off into the night. Etching by R. Girling.

A dark, horned devil stands on a rocky outcrop in the foreground, one leg raised, holding a staff, while small figures on broomsticks streak through swirling clouds above. Fine hatched etching lines create the night sky and foliage. An inscription in the lower margin reads "May day Night on the Brocken."

Artist
Girling, Richard, 1799-1869.
Date
[between 1800 and 1899]
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2743 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1899.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Walpurgisnacht: un diablo observa brujas en escobas

Un diablo oscuro con cuernos está de pie sobre una roca en primer plano, con una pierna levantada y sosteniendo un bastón, mientras pequeñas figuras en escobas cruzan nubes arremolinadas. Las líneas finas y cruzadas del aguafuerte forman el cielo nocturno y el follaje. En el margen inferior hay una inscripción: "May day Night on the Brocken".

Português: Walpurgisnacht: um diabo observa bruxas em vassouras

Um diabo escuro e chifrudo está em pé sobre uma pedra em primeiro plano, com uma perna erguida e segurando um cajado, enquanto pequenas figuras em vassouras cruzam nuvens redemoinhando. As linhas finas e cruzadas da gravura criam o céu noturno e a folhagem. Na margem inferior lê-se a inscrição "May day Night on the Brocken".

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