Title

Royal Academy Exhibition - No. 16 - "Samson Betrayed", painted by F. R. Pickersgill, A.R.A., 1850. Creator: George Dalziel.

Caption

Royal Academy Exhibition - No. 16 - "Samson Betrayed", painted by F. R. Pickersgill, A.R.A., 1850. 'Mr. Pickersgill...has found his subject in Scripture, and has sought to embody the betrayal of Samson by Delilah: "And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head - Judges, xvi. 19'. According to the Bible, the Nazirite Samson was given immense strength to aid him against his enemies. His lover Delilah betrays him by ordering a servant to cut his hair while he is sleeping. She then turns him over to his Philistine enemies. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM22A34_407

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NA

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56,2Mb (6,1Mb) / 16,5in x 13,2in / 4960 x 3958 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people male man men cutting scissors strong religious arts painting religion naked nude art guy sleep sleeping British strength hair war Victorian century gallery Britain asleep newspapers press picture soldiers soldier concept pictures exhibition B&W nudity betrayal engraved engraving art gallery nakedness Old Testament 19th century temptress black & white black and white B W samson betraying nineteenth century STRONGMAN The Print Collector Delilah Illustrated London News Royal Academy Royal Academy of Arts ILN Frederick Richard Pickersgill newspaper betrayed art centre Pickersgill Frederick Richard George Dalziel Dalziel George 19th-century