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Moses in the bulrushes

Moses in the bulrushes
 1786

Medium
mezzotint
Measurements
26.5 × 35.4 cm (image) 29.1 × 35.5 cm (plate)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hamilton p. 152 i/ii
Edition
1st of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
published by John Dean, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
printed in ink l.r.: Engraved by J. Dean.
printed in ink l.c.: Publish’d March 7:th 1786 by J Dean, N:° 12, Bentinck Street, Soho.
Accession Number
1416-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of E. Makower, 1925
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Another Work Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
baskets (containers) Egypt (nation) infants Moses (Abrahamic religion character) reed (plant) religious characters reproductive prints riverbanks
Movements
Rococo