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

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Sampson overcome by a Philistian / invented by a theif [sic] ; engrav'd by a pickpocket!
[London] : Publish'd by Bonde at the Thieftakers Office Bow Street, [1782?]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.190
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[London] : Publish'd by Bonde at the Thieftakers Office Bow Street, [1782?]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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By James Gillray.
Imprint is assumed to be fictitious.
Plate mark on library's copy not visible.

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Print shows chief magistrate Sampson Wright sitting in an arm-chair behind a small square table. He is confronted by man standing in front of the table and shaking his fist, saying, "You Rascal! I'll break every Bone in your Body". Sampson's son stands behind the assailant saying: "O Lord! O Lord! my poor Pap'll be killd!" At the magistrate's right hand stands a man who is probably John Bond, the clerk. On the wall over Wright's head are two prints, one of a rat caught in a trap called 'Trap'd'; the other of a cock standing on a vase or pot. On the table are writing materials and a purse inscribed "Dirty Shillings".

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