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Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 67, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving by Edward Smith after a drawing by Isaac Taylor jr., published in Boydell's illustrations of Holy Writ (London : Hurst & Co., 1820).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Samson in the ruins of the house of Dagon. Then his brethren came down and buried him. ̲ Judges 10. v. 31.; with production and publication detail below: Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside London E. Smith sculpt.
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper.
Print shows Samson lying dead, face-down between ruined pillars to which he is shackled; a line of men are approaching from behind carrying a stretcher and a shroud.