1825
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Woman and Bird Cage is a 1825 by Daniel Maclise, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a woman’s face in profile, her hair loose and wild. A bird perches on her shoulder, looking calm. Behind her is a tall, empty birdcage with a curved top, drawn in quick, dark lines. The cage’s bars are made with a tight, crisscross pattern—almost like a sketch technique. The drawing feels loose and fast, like a quick idea captured on paper. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
A pen and ink drawing by Daniel Maclise depicts a woman’s face partially obscured by a bird cage, with two birds perched on the left and a black cat positioned in the foreground. The work is part of a larger collection of 390 drawings and sketches housed in a pillar stand of thirty frames, which includes contributions from other artists such as T.S. Cooper, Landseer, and Danby. The collection features portraits of notable literary and public figures, including Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Benjamin Disraeli, and Michael Faraday.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Daniel Maclise (25 January 1806 – 25 April 1870) was an Irish history painter, literary and portrait painter, and illustrator, who worked for most of his life in London, England.
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