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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, Febry. 5, 1752.
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 752.02.05.03.4++ Impression 1 Box 305
- Collection Title:
- Plate 36. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- And the child grew, & she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, & he became her son. And she called his name Moses
- 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., and Printing date from Paulson.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- Moses (Biblical leader) and Thermuthis (Biblical figure)
- Subject (Topic):
- Biblical events, Blacks, Children, Mothers, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter] from the original painting in the Foundling Hospital / [graphic]