This black and white print represents a nude man with a beard and chest hair. His hands are chained, and he is using extreme strength to break two pillars (likely the two pillars of the Temple of Dagon, where the biblical figure of Samson dies).

Samson

Maltby Sykes, Printed by George C. Miller

1947

Titles Samson (Proper)
Artist Maltby Sykes, American, 1911 - 1992@Printed by, George C. Miller, American, 1894 - 1965
Medium lithograph
Dimensions sheet: 12 × 16 in. (30.5 × 40.6 cm) image: 9 5/8 × 11 15/16 in. (24.4 × 30.3 cm) mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. Lynn Katz, AFI.90.2018
Work Type print
Classification Prints