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The Finding of Moses
The Finding of Moses is a watercolor work on paper by the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. J.
About this work
A print shop called the Dalziel Brothers turned it into an engraving first.
John Everett Millais painted The Finding of Moses in watercolor. It was made for a book of poems called Lays of the Holy Land in 1858. The piece shows the moment Moses is found in the bulrushes.
Millais later touched it up for display or sale. A print shop called the Dalziel Brothers turned it into an engraving first.
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Look up the artist: Millais, John Everett.
Overview
This watercolor drawing by John Everett Millais was created as an illustration for James Grahame’s poem Moses on the Nile, published in Lays of the Holy Land from Ancient and Modern Poets (1858). Engraved by the Dalziel Brothers, the work depicts a scene from the biblical story of Moses’ discovery in the Nile. The medium suggests Millais may have later refined the piece for separate presentation or sale after its initial use.
It appears on page 51 of the 1858 edition issued by Messrs. James Nisbet & Co. in London.
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Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet ( MIL-ay; 8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
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