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Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798, British, Moses in the Bulrushes, 1786
- Title:
Moses in the Bulrushes
- Date:
- 1786
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 3/4 x 14 5/16 inches (29.8 x 36.3 cm), Plate: 11 7/16 x 13 15/16 inches (29 x 35.4 cm), Image: 10 7/16 x 13 15/16 inches (26.5 x 35.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "21 3/4 x 18"; lower left: "H II"; lower right: "270 (circled)"
Collector's mark: Similar to J. J. Heywood (Lugt 1276)
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Painted by Sir Josha. Reynolds"; lower center: "MOSES in the BULRUSHES. | Published May 8th,, 1786, by J,, Dean Bentinck Street, Soho."; lower right: "Engraved by J. Dean"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.306
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- baby | basket | blankets (coverings) | Christianity | Judaism | landscape | Moses (alone) in the bulrushes | portrait | reeds | religious and mythological subject | trees
- Associated People:
- Moses
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21798
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