{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O808305"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O808305/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2021NA3771/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2021NA3771/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2021NA3771","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2006AM8072","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O808305/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O808305","accessionNumber":"8378:14","objectType":"Drawing","titles":[{"title":"Orchid","type":"popular title"},{"title":"Rhynchostylis gigantea (Lindl.) Ridl.","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"Victorian plant collectors became fanatical about orchids; some enthusiasts amassed more than 18,000 plants. Samuel Holden painted many species in private collections.","physicalDescription":"Botanical study of an orchid, with bulbous root and long bright green leaves, the flower with purple spots and magenta lip.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Holden, Samuel","id":"A11317"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pencil","id":"x30347"},{"text":"watercolour (paint)","id":"AAT15045"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing (image-making)","id":"AAT54196"},{"text":"watercolour painting (technique)","id":"THES250889"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Watercolour","categories":[{"text":"Illustration","id":"THES48938"},{"text":"Science","id":"THES48898"},{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"},{"text":"Botanical art","id":"THES277744"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2021NA3771","2006AM8072"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLE","id":"THES49657"},"free":"","case":"DP","shelf":"25","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"drawings","id":"AAT33973"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1841","earliest":"1841-01-01","latest":"1841-12-31"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"26.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"20","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"S. Holden / 1841.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Signature in ink, below upper stalk"}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Botanical study of an orchid (Rhynchostylis gigantea), by Samuel Holden, watercolour, England, 1841","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"[Identification of species by Andre Schuiteman, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew)"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"orchid","id":"x35798"},{"text":"flower","id":"x43340"},{"text":"plants","id":"AAT132360"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"NB this species has since been reidentified with the help of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 25/05/2011 as Rhynchostylis gigantea, so the label is now incorrect (A Bilclough).\n\nSamuel Holden active 1830-50\r\nOrchid (Cattleya amethystoglossa Linden & Rchb.f. ex R. Warner)\r\n1841\r\n\r\nThe Cattleya genus was first discovered in 1817 in Pernambuco, Brazil. In the wild, the orchid attaches itself to trees and rocks to attract more moisture. This growing habit is reflected in Holden's horizontal presentation.\r\n\r\nEngland\r\nWatercolour\r\nV&A: 8378.14","date":{"text":"2011","earliest":"2011-01-01","latest":"2011-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["8378:14"],"accessionNumberNum":"8378","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-30","availableToBook":false}}