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Samson and the lion. Stereoscopic print of statue. 1875.

Image description: stereoscopic print (two photographs taken slightly offset, such that you could look at them through a special viewer and get a 3d effect, like an old-timey Viewmaster). Orange border around the image. The black and sepia print shows a statue of a bare-chested man in a robe, standing astride a recumbent lion. The man holds open the lion's mouth. The statue is on a lawn, with trees and a pathway in the distance.

Found at: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "ohn Hoey's Garden, Long Branch." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1875. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-4b49-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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