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Samson and Delilah

Maker

(artist)
1836-1875

(engraver)
1817-1905

(engraver)
1823-1906

Title

Samson and Delilah

Date of Production

01/09/1869

Medium

Wood engraving, black ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 15 cm
Width: 12.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4541

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords















Provenance

previous owner: Witt, Robert (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: In image, recto: lower left corner, black ink: "ABH"; lower right corner, black ink: "DALZIEL". Sheet, recto: upper margin, black print: "760 SAMSON. [Sunday Magazine, Sept. 1, 1869. / humiliation! ... [9 lines of text in two columns] ... How helpless was he"; lower margin, black print: "when Delilah ... [8 lines of text in two columns] ... themselves just".

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