Collection Highlights
Mrs. William Walton (1708-1786)
ca. 1750
1902.4
Oil on canvas
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Witch Hill (The Salem Martyr)
Title
Witch Hill (The Salem Martyr)
Date
1869
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 49 x 1 in. ( 185.4 x 124.5 x 2.5 cm )
Description
Oil painting on canvas depicting a young woman being led to her execution during the Salem, Massachusettes witchcraft terror.
Credit Line
Gift of the children of Thomas S. Noble and Mary C. Noble, in their memory
Object Number
1939.251
Marks
signature and date: LR: T.S. NOBLE 1869
inscription: reverse canvas: CHARLES ROBERSON 99 LONG ACRE LONDON
inscription: reverse: T.S. NOBLE CINCINNATI OHIO 350 KEMPER LANE
Gallery Label
The young woman who posed as the condemned witch was a librarian in the Cincinnati library, and was a lineal descendant of a woman who was actually hanged as a witch in 17th century Salem. Painted in Cincinnati. The frame of heavy walnut was made for the canvas by English woodcarver William Fry, who taught woodcarving in Cincinnati until he was 94 years of age.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
