[Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter] [graphic] : from the original painting in the Foundling Hospital / engrav'd by Willm. Hogarth & Luke Sullivan.
- Edition:
- [State 4].
- Published/Created:
- [London]
[Wm. Hogarth]
published as the act directs, Febry. 5, 1752 - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 42.2 x 52.5 cm, on sheet 46.7 x 60.4 cm
- Notes:
- After Hogarth's 1746 painting: Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter. One of a set of four paintings for the Council Room of the Foundling Hospital.
Title from Paulson.
Fourth state with Warton's lines omitted; second and third 'and' written as ampersands. See Paulson.
Printing date from Paulson.
Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth 's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Acquisition no.: 955-11-21-36. Purchased as a bound collection of 97 prints with Sotheby bookplate; disbound January 1984.
Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
1 print on laid paper ; 421 x 524 mm, on sheet 474 x 610 cm. - Abstract:
- Pharaoh's daughter (Thermuthis) greets Moses who stands grasping the belt of his birth mother (Jochebed) as a man fills her hand with coins. Behind them in the distance is a sphinx and pseudo-Egyptian buildings. Behind the pharaoh's daugther a black servant whispers into the ear of a female attendant.
- Variant Titles:
- And the child grew, & she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, & he became her son. And she called his name Moses
- Associated Names:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]
Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771 [Printmaker] - Topics:
- Biblical events
Blacks
Children
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826
Moses (Biblical leader)
Mothers
Servants
Thermuthis (Biblical figure) - 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:
- Sotheby 36++ Box 310
- Orbis Record:
- 8444447
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr22259
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Digital version
- OID:
- 16030576
- PID:
- digcoll:2808321