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Camden Press|Scribner and Welford|Dalziel Brothers|Frederic, Lord Leighton

Samson and the Lion, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

1865–81
Wood engraving on India paper, mounted on thin card
18.4 × 18.4 cm (7.2 × 7.2 in)

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