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A beautiful sight to see,
You may think she's happy and free from care,
She's not, though she seems to be.
The title of the picture echoes that of the popular ballad of 1900. It was painted by an Irish artist favoured by Alda Weston (1861–1947), Lady Hoare of Stourhead, and the subject matter may have symbolic meaning.
Only a piece of brown drapery covers the thighs of the woman sitting in a brightly-lit hallway with her back up against a wall. Her arms are raised above her head and her hands are in chains. Butterflies flutter by freely. This is not the first time Hare painted shackled females. Twenty years before he made the 'Victory of Faith', which was exhibited at the Royal Academy to acclaim and is now in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Title
'The Gilded Cage', a Female Captive
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 127 x W 101.5 cm
Accession number
732353
Acquisition method
gift from Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare along with the estate, house and its contents, 1946
Work type
Painting
National Trust, Stourhead
Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 6QD England
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'The Gilded Cage', a Female Captive National Trust, Stourhead -
Henry Colt Arthur Hoare (1888–1917) National Trust, Stourhead -
Alderman Thomas Windley (1835–1932), Mayor of Leicester (1899) Leicester Town Hall -
Henry Colt Arthur Hoare (1888–1917), at Stourhead in the Uniform of the 1st Queen's Own Yeomanry National Trust, Stourhead -
Alda Weston (d.1947), Lady Hoare, in a Green Cloak National Trust, Stourhead -
Alda Weston (d.1947), Lady Hoare, in a White Hat National Trust, Stourhead - 8 more