Examination of a Witch, by T.H. Matteson 1853, The Peabody Essex Museum. Examining the suspect for a witchmark.

Trial of George Jacobs, 1692 by T.H. Matteson.

The original of this oil painting hangs in the Peabody Essex Museum. It was painted in 1855 and is by no means historically accurate but is very dramatic.

(The above information was compiled by Joan Pontius for Joan's Witch Directory)