The Gilded Cage (c.1905-1910). Evelyn de Morgan (English, 1855-1919). Oil on canvas. De Morgan
The Gilded Cage (c.1905-1910). Evelyn de Morgan (English, 1855-1919). Oil on canvas. De Morgan Centre.An overriding theme in de Morgan’s work was women’s suffrage. A young woman, dressed in sumptuous gold robes, looks wistfully at revellers outside. Jewels and a book which she may have been reading to her husband lie discarded on the floor. Her entrapment in a patriarchal society which dictated her confinement in the domestic sphere is echoed by the golden caged canary, in contrast to the bird flying free outside. -- source link
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