x11660

Mkey: 15044 Sitter/Title: Edith Ellaline Brougham (née Teichman), Lady Brougham and Vaux ('Mrs Richard Hart-Davis as Ariel') Qualifier: by Artist(s): Madame Yevonde Date made: 1935 Medium: Vivex colour print Ref Neg Number: 30852 Credit line: © National Portrait Gallery, London Authority data import (Capture): , Female, People Authority (Sitters): Edith Ellaline Brougham (née Teichman), Lady Brougham and Vaux Measurements: 14 3/8 in. x 11 1/2 in. (366 mm x 293 mm) Caption: Yevonde originally intended this photograph of Edith Hart-Davis to represent Andromeda by including her chained wrists prominently in the composition. However when she saw the intensity of the image once it was printed up she decided it might more appropriately represent the weightlessness and velocity of a flying spirit, namely Ariel. This spirit of the Air who appears in Shakespeare's <i>The Tempest</i> was imprisoned in a pine tree by the witch Sycorax. The spirit remained there until the release by the superior power of Prospero, twelve years later.