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The Salutation

Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn

St. Luke’s Gospel tells us how the angel Gabriel visited the Virgin Mary and told her she was to be the Mother of God. He also told her that her kinswoman, Elizabeth, had conceived a son in her old age and was six months pregnant, “her who was called barren” (Her son was John the Baptist).

Mary thu…

The Soul’s Prison House

Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn

When a study for this work was exhibited in 1889, a quotation attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo was attached to it – “illuminate, oh illuminated my blind soul that sitteth in darkness and the Shadow of Death”. The Soul sits in its prison (the body) awaiting its release into the light beyond the p…

Medusa

Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn

Relief face of Medusa modelled in Gesso and probably painted with oils on a panel board. Background of applied water gilding decorated with punched and sgraffito techniques. Similar in techniques to the painted panels at All Saints Church, Cawthorne