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Sampson overcome by a Philistian / invented by a theif [sic] ; engrav'd by a pickpocket!

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Sampson overcome by a Philistian / invented by a theif [sic] ; engrav'd by a pickpocket!

[London] : Publish'd by Bonde at the Thieftakers Office Bow Street, [1782?]
etching, hand colored
image: 286 x 233 mm; sheet: 350 x 248 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.190
Notes
By James Gillray.
Imprint is assumed to be fictitious.
Plate mark on library's copy not visible.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows chief magistrate Sampson Wright sitting in an arm-chair behind a small square table. He is confronted by man standing in front of the table and shaking his fist, saying, "You Rascal! I'll break every Bone in your Body". Sampson's son stands behind the assailant saying: "O Lord! O Lord! my poor Pap'll be killd!" At the magistrate's right hand stands a man who is probably John Bond, the clerk. On the wall over Wright's head are two prints, one of a rat caught in a trap called 'Trap'd'; the other of a cock standing on a vase or pot. On the table are writing materials and a purse inscribed "Dirty Shillings".

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints