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Both this painting and William Hogarth’s 'Moses Brought Before Pharaoh’s Daughter' (which was displayed next to it in the Foundling Hospital’s Court Room) illustrate episodes from the Old Testament. Hayman’s painting shows Moses being brought to the Pharaoh’s daughter after he is found in the bullrushes on the banks of the Nile. Moses’ mother had placed her son in a basket on the river so he would escape the persecution of Jewish children ordered by the Pharaoh. In Hayman’s scene Moses is being handed to a wet nurse, who is actually his real mother. The Egyptian Princess is unaware of the wet nurse’s true identity. Hayman was born in Devon and later moved to London where he resided on Drury Lane. He made his name painting for the supper boxes and the Royal Pavilion at Vauxhall Gardens.
Foundling Museum
London
Title
The Finding of Infant Moses in the Bullrushes
Date
1746
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 170.8 x W 188.6 cm
Accession number
FM24
Acquisition method
presented by the artist, 1746
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Inscribed: Painted and Given by F. Hayman, 1746 The frame is inscribed from Exodus (Chapter 11, verse 9) - "And Pharaoh's Daughter said unto her, take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give thee they Wages Hayman P."
Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square, London, Greater London WC1N 1AZ England
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