The Devil's Daughter (painting)

"The Devil's Daughter" is a 1917 painting by Welsh society artist Margaret Lindsay Williams.

The painting is a work in the "wages of sin" allegorical genre popular in the early 20th century, when the conduct of society women came in for much criticism.

[2] In addition to portraits of notable people such as Queen Alexandra and Gwilym Lloyd George, Margaret Lindsay Williams created several works in this style.

[4] According to Country Life, her paintings in this style generated considerable public interest; it refers to them as "problem pictures".

A death's head with bat's wings adorns her headdress, and she turns away from a crucifix being held up to her by an unseen person.