Their grounds abut a large colonial on Staten Island:
Five or six of them
Swaggering along verdant lawns,
Brick walkways, man-made ponds –
Such bravado. What pretty boys!
Pets of somebody, clearly.
They preen each...
Sue Johnson’s new exhibition of paintings, The Curious Nature of Objects, offers a welcome opportunity for Cherwell to take another look at the Pitt Rivers collection