print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1928,1210.263
- Title
- Object: Samson's Birth foretold
- Description
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Manoah and his wife kneeling in front of an altar making a burnt offering, looking up in astonishment at an angel which appears to tell them of their future son, Samson; with a city on the far bank of a river in the background to right; in a foliate border; illustration to Rider's 'Christian family's Bible' (1763-67).
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1763-1767 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 253 millimetres
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Width: 163 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For Rider's Bible, see 1873,1213.513
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Christian's family Bible
- Acquisition date
- 1928
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1928,1210.263