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Samson Slaying the Philistines
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Samson Slaying the Philistines

Former (British, 1757 - 1827)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Daten.d.
DescriptionOne of seven drawings apparently among a group of supposed Blake drawings offered in Rosenbach's catalogue 18 of 1916, item 17, with Blake's "Comus" illustrations. The earlier history of these drawings is not known. The group acquired from Rosenbach may have also included Blake's "The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi".
InscribedInscribed in lower right of the mount in ink: WB [and] W. Blake 1780 [over an illegible signature]
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number000.101
Terms
    Image Not Available for Amazonian Conflict
    Amazonian Conflict
    Unknown, British
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.100
    Image Not Available for Atlas Supporting the Globe
    Atlas Supporting the Globe
    William Blake
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.99
    Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
    Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
    Theodore Von Holst
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.96
    Acis and Galatea
    Acis and Galatea
    Henry Pierce Bone
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.95
    Design for America
    Design for America
    Unknown, British
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.97
    Figure from Michelangelo's "Last Judgment"
    Figure from Michelangelo's "Last Judgment"
    William Blake
    1776
    Object number: 000.56
    The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi
    The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi
    William Blake
    ca. 1826-1827
    Object number: 000.43
    Pestilence
    Pestilence
    William Blake
    ca. 1784 or later
    Object number: 82.36
    A Title Page for "The Grave"
    A Title Page for "The Grave"
    William Blake
    1806
    Object number: 000.30
    Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
    Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
    William Blake
    1807
    Object number: 000.10
    Illustration 4 to Milton's "Comus": The Brothers Meet the Attendant Spirit in the Wood
    Illustration 4 to Milton's "Comus": The Brothers Meet the Attendant Spirit in the Wood
    William Blake
    ca. 1801
    Object number: 000.23
    Illustration 4 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Satan Spying on Adam and Eve and Raphael's Descent into Paradise
    Illustration 4 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Satan Spying on Adam and Eve and Raphael's Descent into Paradise
    William Blake
    1807
    Object number: 000.5