Hope in a Prison of Despair, Evelyn De Morgan, 1887

Allegorical, pre-raphaelite painting showing hope as a woman or very young man holding a lamp, entering the dungeon where despair is shown as another human figure bowed down with grief. Hope's saint-like halo suggests the comfort brought by religious faith. Object Type: painting. Date: 1887. Dimensions: 58 × 65 cm (22.8 × 25.5 in). Medium: oil on panel. Hope in a Prison of Despair