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Sketch for oil painting 'The Word of Life'
Joseph Clark, born 1834 - died 1926 - Enlarge image
Sketch for oil painting 'The Word of Life'
- Object:
Watercolour
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (made)
- Date:
1881 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Joseph Clark, born 1834 - died 1926 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Watercolour and gouache
- Credit Line:
Given by Rosemary Chiles
- Museum number:
E.946-2003
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case PD, shelf 59, box A
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, and it is probably his own daughter depicted here, reading the Bible to her grandfather.
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