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Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event)

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  • Allegory of water: a woman holding a ship on her shoulders; Moses leading Israelites out of Egypt while Pharaoh and the Egyptians drown. Drawing, ca. 1740.
  • Allegory of water: a woman holding a ship on her shoulders; Moses leading Israelites out of Egypt while Pharaoh and the Egyptians drown. Drawing, ca. 1740.
  • Allegory of water: a woman holding a ship on her shoulders; Moses leading Israelites out of Egypt while Pharaoh and the Egyptians drown. Drawing, ca. 1740.
  • Allegory of water: a woman holding a ship on her shoulders; Moses leading Israelites out of Egypt while Pharaoh and the Egyptians drown. Drawing, ca. 1740.
  • Allegory of water: a woman holding a ship on her shoulders; Moses leading Israelites out of Egypt while Pharaoh and the Egyptians drown. Drawing, ca. 1740.
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Catalogue

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    Moses parting the Red Sea: British politicians depicted drowning in the sea. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 5 December 1885.

    Merry, Tom, 1852-1902. | Date: 5 December 1885 | Reference: 565087i
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    The passage through the Red sea. Colour lithograph by L. Gruner after N. Consoni after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Reference: 38306i
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    Allegory of water: a woman holding a ship on her shoulders; Moses leading Israelites out of Egypt while Pharaoh and the Egyptians drown. Drawing, ca. 1740.

    | Date: 1740 | Reference: 579381i
    Part of: Allegorical and sacred subjects, and hermits. Drawings attributed to Aspruck, ca. 1740.
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    Moses parting the waves. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.

    Shields, Frederic, 1833-1911. | Date: 1877 | Reference: 20626i
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    Egyptians on horseback being drowned in the Red Sea. Colour etching by the Comte de Caylus and woodcut by N. Le Sueur after G.F. Penni, il Fattore.

    Penni, Giovanni Francesco, approximately 1496-approximately 1528. | Date: [1729] | Reference: 3010880i
    Part of: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France.
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