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John Dean (mezzotinter)
Joshua Reynolds (after)
Moses in the bulrushes 1786
mezzotint
26.5 × 35.4 cm (image) 29.1 × 35.5 cm (plate)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of E. Makower, 1925
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Moses in the bulrushes
1786
Medium
mezzotint
Measurements
26.5 × 35.4 cm (image) 29.1 × 35.5 cm (plate)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of E. Makower, 1925
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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
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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