And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaohs daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses [graphic] : from the original painting in the Foundling Hospital / engrav'd by Willm. Hogarth & Luke Sullivan. ; W. Hogarth pinxt.

Edition:

[State 2].

Published/Created:

[London]
[Wm. Hogarth]
publish'd February 5, 1752 according to act of Parliament

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with some engraving, on laid paper ; sheet 420 x 520 mm

Related Links:

Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), 193

Notes:

Title from caption below image.
Added title and state from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., Edinburgh; August 1940; £20 Kinnaird lot. With Kinnaird bookplate; disbound at Yale.
Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).

Abstract:

The child Moses is being delivered up by his mother (who has been acting as wet nurse) to the daughter of Pharaoh (Exodus, ii.10; after the painting in the Foundling Museum); to right, the mother/nurse is being paid by a steward as her son clings to her and looks at his adoptive mother warily; to left, two female attendants, one a Nubian slave whispers the secret of Moses identity to her colleague. The scene is identified as being in Egypt by a small crocodile and an Egyptian figure with a snake wrapped around its torso beneath the throne; in the left corner an incense burner. In the background are pyramids and a sphinx.

Variant Titles:

Moses brought to Pharaoh's daughter

Associated Names:

Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]

Topics:

Adoption
Biblical events
Incense
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826
Moses (Biblical leader)
Mothers
Pyramids
Servants
Slaves
Sons
Sphinxes

Topics:

Egypt -- In art

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings -- England -- London -- 1752

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Kinnaird 33K Box 310

Orbis Record:

9877311

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22317

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16030642

PID:

digcoll:2807149