Sampson overcome by a Philistian [graphic] / invented by a theif [sic] ; engrav'd by a pickpocket!

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Title: Sampson overcome by a Philistian [graphic] / invented by a theif [sic] ; engrav'd by a pickpocket!
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bond, John,--active 1782--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Wright, Sampson,--Sir,---1793--Caricatures and cartoons.
Copyright Date: [not before 1 October 1782]
Publication Place: [London]
Abstract: The Bow Street magistrate and campaigner against gambling, Sampson Wright, is shown seated at a table being assailed by a man who has entered the door on the right. On the left another man (probably meant to be John Bond, Wright's clerk) expresses alarm, and on the right a dismayed youth wipes away a tear.
Description: Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching ; sheet 36 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1782.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1782.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bond, John,--active 1782--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Wright, Sampson,--Sir,---1793--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Gambling.
Interiors--England--18th century.
Judges--England--London--18th century.
Threats.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6121
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 43