Name/Title
PaintingEntry/Object ID
2014.2.1198Description
Portrait of employee Mary Margaret Johnson (Patterson) by a male patient
He drew many pictures of her in different mediums but it's unclear what happened to the sketchbook.
When she worked at the psych hospital, she didn't like how many of the patients were treated. Working at the State Hopsital inspired Nurse Johnson to open her own home. She opened Nesa House in 1992 in St Joe with her husband Jimmy Johnson. The family was told it was named after a relative, but come to find out it was actually after a patient.
(information by Jessica Valenti, granddaughter of Mrs. Johnson).Collection
Psychiatric Hospital ObjectsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
13-3/4 inWidth
12-1/2 inProvenance
Notes
Collected by: George Glore