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Spence. Pharao's [sic] Tochter ŭnd das Kind Moses

Date

1859

Medium

Albumen silver print

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

Photograph of a statue known as the "Finding of Moses" by Benjamin Edward Spence. The statue depicts the biblical scene of the Pharaoh's daughter finding the infant Moses in the Nile River. Two female figure dressed in ancient Egyptian garbs stand in contemplation as a third female figure presents them with a baby in a basket. A plaque bearing Spence's name can be seen at the base of the statue.

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