Joy 3 years old
Photograph
1905 (made)
1905 (made)
Sepia studio photograph, of portrait proportions, of Joy Margaret Thorogood aged three years. The image shows Joy wearing a white yoked dress with a wide sash, tucked skirt and wrist-length sleeves, her hair centre-parted and her curls tied back from her face with white ribbons. She wears white knee-length socks and strap shoes, and is turning the pages of a book which rests on a couch; the background is formed by a painted backcloth and drapes.
Object details
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| Title | Joy 3 years old (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Sepia print on photographic paper |
| Brief description | Photograph of a child; English, 1905 |
| Physical description | Sepia studio photograph, of portrait proportions, of Joy Margaret Thorogood aged three years. The image shows Joy wearing a white yoked dress with a wide sash, tucked skirt and wrist-length sleeves, her hair centre-parted and her curls tied back from her face with white ribbons. She wears white knee-length socks and strap shoes, and is turning the pages of a book which rests on a couch; the background is formed by a painted backcloth and drapes. |
| Marks and inscriptions | "Joy 3 yrs old" Mora Ltd Brighton & Southsea
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| Object history | The sitter is Joy Margaret Thorogood (born 16/01/1902), the daughter of the artist potter Stanley Thorogood (1873-1953); he was principal of Camberwell School of Art 1920-38, and the V & A has two pieces of his work (Circ.113-1954 "Knight on Horseback" and C.10-1993 "The Capture of Joan of Arc" - see Register Packet) |
| Production | Made by: Mora Ltd England |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.283-1994 |
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| Record created | April 19, 2000 |
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