{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"3113"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Stephen Mazoh"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1825"},"labelText":{"label":"Label Text","value":""},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2002    30    5"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2002.30.5"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Depiction of Moses in a basket with three women in landscape with classical stone fence and columns with pond and bullrushes in foreground. Probably derived from a print source and executed by a schoolgirl in an academy."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Pencil, watercolor, ink on paper"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/4583/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"4583"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Moses in the Bulrushes"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":"The queen\u2014a crowned female\u2014is a recurring theme in American folk art and often has religious connotations. In early nineteenth-century seminary schools and ladies\u2019 academies, religious topics were deemed the most appropriate subjects for artistic accomplishments such as needlework and watercolor painting taught to young girls. The story of Moses in the Bulrushes was an especially popular biblical chapter, in part because it spoke to the virtues of motherhood and morality that such schools were dedicated to inculcating in their students. This proficient example was probably copied from a source print provided by the schoolmistress at an as yet unidentified school.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Moses in the Bulrushes,\" exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Works on Paper"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"154340"},"geographyState":{"value":""},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Drawings"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":"The queen\u2014a crowned female\u2014is a recurring theme in American folk art and often has religious connotations. In early nineteenth-century seminary schools and ladies\u2019 academies, religious topics were deemed the most appropriate subjects for artistic accomplishments such as needlework and watercolor painting taught to young girls. The story of Moses in the Bulrushes was an especially popular biblical chapter, in part because it spoke to the virtues of motherhood and morality that such schools were dedicated to inculcating in their students. This proficient example was probably copied from a source print provided by the schoolmistress at an as yet unidentified school.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Moses in the Bulrushes,\" exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1800"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1800\u20131825"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - Sunday, September 2, 2012","exhibitionEndISODate":"2012-09-02","exhibitionID":"149","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2012-01-17","exhibitionBeginDate":"2012","exhibitionTitle":"JUBILATION an act of rejoicing | RUMINATION an act of contemplation","exhibitionEndDate":"2012"}},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Sheet: 14 x 17 \" (35.6 x 43.2 cm)"}}]}