At the National Gallery we looked at all of the sections divided by time periods. Most of the paintings were very biblical and the gender depiction was obvious to me. It took us a while to find a painting that we both found interesting imagery wise and gender wise. We found Mr and Mrs edwin Edwards by Ignace-Henri-Théodore Fantin-Latour towards the end of the museum section 4. Once we read the description of the painting we new this was the one that we wanted to work on. The image itself is confusing as the female dominates the power in the picture. Also in the text it states that Mr Edwards left his career of legalities to become an artist by her demand. This immediately identified a story behind the couple that allows the gender roles to switch.
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