Broughel, Barbara

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This drawing is part of Barbara Broughel's Requiem series in which the artist used brooms and "other modest household objects of early American design" to portray people convicted of witchcraft and executed in seventeenth-century America. These symbolic portraits were based on contemporary court transcripts and represent some aspect of the individuals and/or their accusation. The Requiem series consists of preliminary sketches, 42 objects, and finished graphite drawings of each of the objects. The drawings were made after the completion of the objects.

From the description of Elizabeth Kendall [graphic] / Barbara Broughel. [between 1992 and 1998] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 231851698

From the description of Rebecca & Nathaniel Greensmith [graphic] / Barbara Broughel. [between 1992 and 1998] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 232108592

This drawing is part of Broughel's Requiem series. The artist used brooms and "other modest household objects of early American design" to portray people convicted of witchcraft and executed in seventeenth-century America. These symbolic portraits were based on accusations brought against various individuals as recorded in contemporary court transcripts. The series consists of preliminary sketches, 42 objects, and finished graphite drawings of each of the objects. The drawings were made after the completion of the objects.

From the description of John & Joan Carrington [graphic] / B. Broughel. [1991-1998] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 45457151

From the description of Lydia Gilbert [graphic] / B. Broughel. [1991-1998] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 45457676

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associatedWith Barbara Broughel, person
associatedWith Carrington, Joan, d. 1651 person
associatedWith Carrington, John, 1602-1651 person
associatedWith Gilbert, Lydia, d. 1654 person
associatedWith Greensmith, Nathaniel, d. 1623. person
associatedWith Greensmith, Rebecca, d. 1623. person
associatedWith Kendall, Elizabeth, d. ca. 1847 person
associatedWith Redd, Wilmot, ca.1638-1692 person
associatedWith The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Connecticut--Hartford
Connecticut
Massachusetts--Salem
Massachusetts--Cambridge
Connecticut
Subject
Executions and executioners
Witchcraft
Witchcraft
Witches
World politics in art
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Artists
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