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  • Samson carries the gates of Gaza out of the city. Woodcut.
  • Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • A man sits on a high chair in front of a table surrounded by others: they watch two men in the middle of the floor perform a ritual. Etching by J. Barlow, 1790, after S. Collings.
  • Manoah and his wife pray to an angel which emerges from the flame of their altar. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after C. Le Brun.
  • Christ appears in the skies on the day of judgement. Engraving by J. Cole after M. Rota after Michelangelo.
  • The genius of painting, preferring sacred to secular history, brings to the public the history of Samson, and writes a dedication to E. Colbert. Etching by J. Gillet and F. Verdier after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
  • A strongman has his hair combed by a lady; a parody of Samson and Delilah. Colour process print after E. Schlemo, 19--.
  • Samson's crushed body is borne away by his brethren. Engraving by J. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • God and two cherubs make water flow from the ass's jaw that Samson has used to kill the Philistines. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • The young Samson excels on the battlefield. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Samson is entombed. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Open for a few days only : Two grand exhibitions. Madame Hojos has the honour of announcing to the ladies and gentlemen of Wakefield, and its vicinity, she has just arrived from Spain, with a splendid cabinet of ancient & modern wax figures, ... the first and principal group represents the history of Samson ... in addition to the collection of wax figures, the exhibition of the rare Portuguese Dwarf alive, Joseph Cardoso Pereira.
  • Christ appears in the skies on the day of judgement. Engraving after M. Rota after Michelangelo.
  • Samson releases himself from his bonds; Delilah and the Philistines are astonished. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • W.E. Gladstone represented as Samson destroying the pillars of the British Constitution by abolition of the House of Lords. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 24 October 1891.
  • Samson carries the gates of Gaza up to the mount of Hebron. Etching by J. Taylor after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • As Samson breaks his bonds, Delilah pulls back the curtain to reveal her soldiers. Engraving after J.F. Rigaud.
  • Samson stands over vanquished Philistines, a lion's pelt over his shoulders and his ass's jaw at his feet. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.
  • A strongman has his hair combed by a lady; a parody of Samson and Delilah. Colour process print after E. Schlemo, 19--.
  • Delilah cuts the sleeping Samson's hair, smiling at the Philistine soldiers waiting in the shadows. Engraving.
  • A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.
  • Samson, victorious over the combined powers of the Philistines, holds the jaw of the ass up high. Engraving by G. Tomba after F. Rosaspina after G. Reni.
  • The shorn Samson is rebuffed by Delilah. Engraving by C. Simonneau after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Samson brings the house down upon himself and the Philistines. Engraving by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Samson, victorious over the combined powers of the Philistines, holds the jaw of the ass up high. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • Samson kills the lion with his bare hands. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.