Samson and the Lion

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2011-08-15 18:47:00.0
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Digital Media Bank ID: 13320
Original Filename: dmas_fa001177_d01_ab10.jpg
Description: Oil painting 'Samson and the Lion' by Edward Armitage, 1881
Categories: Collections/ Fine Art, Timeline/ 1880s, Collections/ Fine Art/ Oil Paintings  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: CC BY-SA
Object or Artwork info
Type (of Object or Artwork): Oil Painting
Title (of Artwork / Object): Samson and the Lion
Creator (of Artwork / Object): Edward Armitage
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): 1881
Description (Object or Artwork): This painting depicts the bible story of Samson slaying a lion with his bare hands. Samson, who is bare-chested and wears a red loin cloth lifts the lion up above him. The landscape behind him shows a red sunset sky and palm trees.
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Other Keywords: social history
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Size: 1.47 MB; 2647 x 4027 pixels; 224 x 341 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Portrait
Administrative info
Linked Accession no.: FA001177