{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O100994"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O100994/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EL4156/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EL4156/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2010EL4156","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O100994/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O100994","accessionNumber":"E.915-2003","objectType":"Watercolour","titles":[{"title":"A mother washing a little girl","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"Joseph Clark painted many oil paintings of children, which were generally well received by the Victorian public, and he was a regular exhibitor of childhood subjects at the Royal Academy. Before he started his oil paintings, he normally made a series of precise drawings and expressive watercolours of the chosen subject. He frequently used members of his own family as models.","physicalDescription":"Watercolour of a mother washing a little girl, the bowl standing on a chair,  in a room of a cottage.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Clark, Joseph","id":"A13044"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"watercolour","id":"x33202"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Watercolour on paper","categories":[{"text":"Children & Childhood","id":"THES48980"},{"text":"Household objects","id":"THES48939"},{"text":"Children's clothes","id":"THES48979"}],"styles":[{"text":"Victorian","id":"x29321"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2010EL4156"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLH (VA)","id":"THES49654"},"free":"","case":"PD","shelf":"59","box":"A"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"watercolour","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1860","earliest":"1855-01-01","latest":"1864-12-31"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Rosemary Chiles","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"13.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"10.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Given by Rosemary Chiles, 2004","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Watercolour of a mother washing a little girl, by Joseph Clark, Britain, ca. 1860.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"motherhood","id":"AAT221442"},{"text":"childhood","id":"AAT189588"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["E.915-2003"],"accessionNumberNum":"915","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2003,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-15","recordCreationDate":"2004-06-21","availableToBook":false}}