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One of America’s most recognisable couples will be paying a visit to London next month. And, no, it’s not the Trumps – though, come to think of it, this pair would probably have voted for Donald, given that he won Iowa on a wave of popular discontent. This Iowan pair look nothing if not disgruntled with their lot.
Our February visitors will be coming in the form of a painting. It normally hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago, but will travel to England for the first time. Pretty much everyone will know it because this is the iconic American Gothic; a bald, pitchfork-wielding farmer stands beside a puritanical woman (his daughter perhaps, or his wife?) in front of their little, white-painted, wooden-slatted
