Samson at the Mill, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"
Medium
Wood engraving on India paper, mounted on thin card
Dimensions
Image: 7 7/16 × 6 13/16 in. (18.9 × 17.3 cm) India sheet: 9 3/4 in. × 9 in. (24.7 × 22.8 cm) Mount: 16 7/16 in. × 12 15/16 in. (41.8 × 32.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1926
Accession Number
26.99.1(54)
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Samson at the Mill is a striking wood engraving from *Dalziels' Bible* (1865–81), a celebrated Victorian publication featuring biblical illustrations by leading British artists, meticulously engraved by the Dalziel Brothers. The design is by Frederic, Lord Leighton, a prominent Victorian painter and sculptor renowned for his neoclassical style and muscular, heroic figures inspired by antiquity. This image captures the biblical hero Samson in his humbled state from the Book of Judges, blinded and laboring at the mill after his betrayal by Delilah—a poignant moment of downfall and endurance. P...
About the Artist
Camden Press|Scribner and Welford|Dalziel Brothers|Frederic, Lord Leighton (British|American|British) · 1857 |1800 |1839 –1893 |1899 |1893
British, London|New York, NY|British, active 1839–93