1805
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Compassion of Pharoah's Daughter is a 1805 watercolor by William Blake, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a group of figures in a dreamy, misty scene. A woman kneels beside a basket holding a baby, while another woman stands over her with a gentle hand outstretched. Two more figures stand nearby, one holding a staff and the other looking down. The background is soft and blurry, with trees and a faint mountain shape. The artist used light, loose brushstrokes to create a hazy, almost floating effect. The colors are mostly pale—whites, grays, and soft blues—giving it a quiet, mysterious feel. Next, look up Blake, William to see how he blended poetry and art.
A watercolour on paper titled *The Compassion of Pharaoh’s Daughter* was created by William Blake in 1805. Formerly held in the collections of T. Butts, Captain Butts, and W. Graham Robertson, it was sold at Christie’s in 1949 as Lot 6 and later documented in *The Blake Collection of W. Graham Robertson* (1952).
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William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker.
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