Mother Shipton 1488-c1560 English Witch
by Print Collector
Title
Mother Shipton 1488-c1560 English Witch
Artist
Print Collector
Medium
Drawing - Illustration
Description
Mother Shipton (1488-c1560) English witch and prophetess, 1804. She is depicted with her familiar, a monkey. Ursula Sonthiel Shipton lived in Yorkshire and told fortunes and made predictions concerning the future. Her best-known prophecy concerned Cardinal Wolsey. Wolsey was Archbishop of York, but his involvement with affairs of state in London meant that he never visited the diocese. Mother Shipton predicted that Wolsey would see York but never actually set foot in the city. In 1530 he travelled to York, and glimpsed the city in the distance, but was recalled to London by Henry VIII to face a charge of high treason. He died on the return journey. The first written edition of Mother Shipton's prophecies dates from 1641 however, long after Wolsey's death, so it is thought that the prophecy may have been a hoax penned by someone else. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Image provided by Getty Images.
Uploaded
January 28th, 2021
Statistics
Viewed 339 Times - Last Visitor from Wilmington, DE on 04/20/2024 at 10:12 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Image ID
463910555
Comments
There are no comments for Mother Shipton 1488-c1560 English Witch. Click here to post the first comment.