Love and Nature Do Not Know These Distances
<p>Here Caroline of Brunswick, briefly the estranged queen to George IV of England, was scathingly caricatured for her supposed affair with her much taller Italian manservant, Bartolomeo Pergami. Similar prints by George Cruikshank, among other artists, harped on how physically unnatural the pairing was, but social inequality was always the real issue. Lord Byron was among those who argued publicly that her close relationship with Pergami was adulterous, but the ensuing trial failed to provide a firm answer to the question.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1801
- Dimensions
- 26.2 × 34.6 cm (10 3/8 × 13 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- William Johnson
Artist
Painting
William Henry Johnson was an American painter. Born in Florence, South Carolina, he became a student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, working with Charles Webster Hawthorne. He later lived and worked in France, where he was exposed to modernism. After Johnson married Danish textile artist Holcha Krake, the couple lived for some time in Scandinavia. There he was influenced by the strong folk art tradition. The couple moved to the United States in 1938. Johnson eventually found work as a teacher at the Harlem Community Art Center, through the Federal Art Project.
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- William Johnson
- Year
- 1801
- Dimensions
- 26.2 × 34.6 cm (10 3/8 × 13 5/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1801-061885
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified