[Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter] from the original painting in the Foundling Hospital / [graphic]

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Title: [Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter] from the original painting in the Foundling Hospital / [graphic]
Alternative Title: And the child grew, & she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, & he became her son. And she called his name Moses
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist, publisher.
Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker.
Published / Created: published as the act directs, Febry. 5, 1752.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
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
Description: 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.
Text from Warton's lines mostly burnished out, but barely visible.
Provenance: Gift of Robert Cathcart, Sr.; November 2008;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 42.2 x 52.5 cm, on sheet 46.7 x 60.4 cm
Edition: [State 4].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Hogarth 752.02.05.03.4++ Impression 3 Box 305
Collection Title: Plate 36. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764]

Genre: Engravings England London 1752
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Moses (Biblical leader)
Thermuthis (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic): Biblical events
Blacks
Children
Mothers
Servants
Subjects: Moses (Biblical leader)
Thermuthis (Biblical figure)
Biblical events
Blacks
Children
Mothers
Servants
England > London > 1752
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership

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