Sampson pulling down the pillars [graphic].

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Title: Sampson pulling down the pillars [graphic].
Published / Created: [1767]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from item.
Two columns of verse below image: Hitherto .... I have perform'd. Not without wonder ... Samson Agonistes.
Plate from: The Political register and London museum. London : Printed for J. Almon, v. 1 (1767), p. 201.
Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Westminster Hall -- Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Personifications: Liberty -- Emblems: cap of liberty -- Emblems: anchor -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Reference to the Glorious Revolution -- Reference to the accession of the House of Brunswick -- Musical instruments: lyre -- Emblems: thunderbolts -- Bible: Samson destroying a temple -- Literature: quotation from Samson Agonistes by John Milton, 1608-1674, lines 1640-1659.
Mounted to 37 x 24 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 22 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1767
Periodical illustrations
Etchings England London 1767
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1767
England > London > 1767

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