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Untitled by the artist, this painting is a gathering of experiences witnessed by Dadd while travelling in the Near East (1842–1843). In a letter of 1842, Dadd revealed his elation and confusion: ‘the excitement of these scenes has been enough to turn the brain of an ordinary weak-minded person like myself, and often I have lain down at night with my imagination so full of wild vagaries that I have really and truly doubted my own sanity.’ The journey may have hastened his mental decline. On his return, believing the Egyptian Gods required a sacrifice, he murdered his father.
Title
The Flight out of Egypt
Date
1849–50
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 101 x W 126.4 cm
Accession number
N05767
Acquisition method
Purchased 1947
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
date inscribed
Tate Britain
Millbank, London, Greater London SW1P 4RG England
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