{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O136786"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O136786/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2023NL3330/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2023NL3330/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2023NL3330","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2023NL3331","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2007BN1930","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O136786/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O136786","accessionNumber":"2441(IS)","objectType":"Oil painting","titles":[{"title":"Hindu Stone Sculptures","type":""}],"summaryDescription":"This painting was acquired by the Indian Museum and transferred to the South Kensington Museum in 1879, but no accession details were noted at the time and nothing is known about the artist whose name is recorded on the back: \"W.A. Fulton pixt.\" It depicts Hindu stone sculptures painted in black, white and grey on canvas. The original Indian Museum register describes it as \"Copy of stone carving representing idols, &c.\" without recording the place in India where these carvings were to be found.","physicalDescription":"The painting shows two registers, each of which has three niches. Each niche contains two male and female couples, each couple seated on an elephant resting on the grund. It is painted in black, white and grey oil on canvas.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Fulton, W. A.","id":"A19595"},"association":{"text":"painter","id":"AAT25136"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Oil colour","id":"AAT15050"},{"text":"canvas","id":"AAT14078"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Oil on canvas","categories":[{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"},{"text":"India Museum","id":"THES286062"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2023NL3330","2023NL3331","2007BN1930"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"PO001","id":"THES403382"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"oil paintings","id":"AAT33799"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"India","id":"x29790"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1850","earliest":"1845-01-01","latest":"1854-12-31"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"NCOL.305-2023","id":"O1756230"},"association":"Frame"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"59.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"69.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"W.A. Fulton pixt.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Acquired by the Indian Museum and transferred to the South Kensington Museum in 1879, but no accession details were noted at the time and nothing is known about the artist.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"\"Hindu stone sculptures\" by W. A. Fulton, oil on canvas, ca. 1850, India","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"figures","id":"AAT189808"},{"text":"elephant","id":"x30316"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["2441(IS)"],"accessionNumberNum":"2441","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-07-30","recordCreationDate":"2007-07-03","availableToBook":false}}