3783451 David slings the stone by J James Tissot - Bible by Tissot, James Jacques Joseph (1836-1902) (after); (add.info.: David slings the stone by J James Tissot. Illustration to book of Samuel (I), 17.49: \'And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth\'. David defeats Goliath during a battle between the Israelites under Saul and the Philistines in the Valley of Elah. JJT: French painter, 15 October 1836 ? 8 August 1902. The Old Testament, Part II, by J. James Tissot. Published by M. de Brunhoff, 1904. Coloured plate after p. 399); Lebrecht History.