Artist/Maker Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1835 - 1907)

Witch Hill (The Salem Martyr)

1869

Oil on canvas

Overall: 6 ft. 1 in. × 49 in. × 1 in. (185.4 × 124.5 × 2.5 cm)

Gift of the children of Thomas S. Noble and Mary C. Noble, in their memory

1939.251

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. 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.

DescriptionOil painting on canvas depicting a young woman being led to her execution during the Salem, Massachusettes witchcraft terror.

Markingssignature 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

ClassificationsPAINTINGS