Biography

Mentioned in WHS travel letter 1833-06-24 "The drawing room is decorated by scripture preces. Judith holding up the bloody head of Holofernes" 


Refers to the character in the book of Judith 

According to Encyclopedia Britannica:
"The book relates that Nebuchadrezzar, king of Assyria, sent his general Holofernes on an expedition against Palestine. At the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia, a general named Achior warned Holofernes of the danger of attacking the Jews. A beautiful Jewish widow named Judith left the besieged city in pretended flight and foretold to Holofernes that he would be victorious. Invited into his tent, she cut off his head as he lay in drunken sleep and brought it in a bag to Bethulia. A Jewish victory over the leaderless Assyrian forces followed."