Early Life and Influences (1919 – 1930s) Evelyn De Morgan, a name often overshadowed by the more celebrated figures of her era, emerged as a remarkably independent and profoundly expressive artist during a period when societal expectations for women in the arts were exceptionally restrictive. Born in London in 1855 into an affluent family – Percival Pickering Q.C. and Anna Maria Spencer Stanhope – Evelyn’s upbringing was steeped in pr…