Thank you! It’s by Joseph Highmore. If you search ArtUK.org you will find lots of paintings. He painted a series based around Samuel Richardson’s first novel, Pamela, that are very interesting!
Thanks Natalie, it's helpful, and shocking, to have Clarissa's experience contextualised with modern day legal and social structures relating to rape. Her situation is not, after all, something that distant or alien from some women's experiences today.
Not to ignore your great article, but I love the painting! Who was the artist?
Thank you! It’s by Joseph Highmore. If you search ArtUK.org you will find lots of paintings. He painted a series based around Samuel Richardson’s first novel, Pamela, that are very interesting!
Thanks Natalie, it's helpful, and shocking, to have Clarissa's experience contextualised with modern day legal and social structures relating to rape. Her situation is not, after all, something that distant or alien from some women's experiences today.
Thanks Amy. The more we read the more relevant it seems to feel. Heartbreaking how little the world has changed in 275 years.