Prints and Drawings Room
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- William Blake 1757–1827
- Medium
- Line engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 68 × 98 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1992
- Reference
- T06585
Display caption
This engraving was commissioned from Blake by Dr Thornton, who had also published his designs for an edition of Virgil’s ‘Pastorals’. The print first appeared in a small Christmas annual, or ‘Keepsake’ called Remember Me! which was published in late 1824.
Blake had originally treated this subject in a larger tempera painting which is now lost. Although The Hiding of Moses was a minor commission, Blake gave the print a beauty and intensity which is unique among his purely commercial engravings.
Gallery label, September 2004
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