A wicker man inside which people are sacrificed, surrounded by the principal deities of the Saxons. Etching by Smith after R. Verstegen and A. Sammes.

1 print : etching

The cheif of the Saxon idols are thus depicted from Verstegen to oblige the curious ... Smith sc.

The figures of the Saxon gods are derived from engravings in an edition of Richerd Verstegan, Restitution of decayed intelligence, in antiquities. The figure of the wicker man appears to be derived from an engraving in Aylett Sammes, Britannia antiqua illustrata, or, The antiquities of ancient Britain, London 1676, p. 105

Wellcome Collection 11520i