Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter (Exodus 2:10)
William Hogarth|Luke Sullivan
February 5, 1752
Medium
Engraving; fourth state of four
Dimensions
plate: 16 9/16 x 20 9/16 in. (42 x 52.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(235)
Tags
ChildrenMenWomenCrocodilesMoses
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Luke Sullivan · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...