The Infant Moses is Found in the Bullrushes by the Pharoah's Daughter

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The Infant Moses is Found in the Bullrushes by the Pharoah's Daughter

Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)

Price

SOLD

Signed

Signed
Inscribed 'No 6 The finding of Moses' below mount

Medium

Watercolour and bodycolour

Dimensions

13 ¾ x 11 ½ inches

Provenance

The Colin White Collection

Illustrated

The American Weekly, 19 October 1924, 'Bible Scenes and Heroes'

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1807-2026' Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2026-January 2027, no 74

The present image was painted for the series ‘Bible
Scenes and Heroes’, which was Edmund Dulac’s first
commission for The American Weekly. The series was
first published in October 1924 and ran for twelve
instalments. The present image was the second
illustration in the series, following The Angel with the
Flaming Sword drives Adam and Eve out of Eden, which was published on 5 October 1924.