Illustration of a feminine monster

This is "Myra" by Marcus Harvey.  Based on the police mugshot of Hindley at the time of her arrest, Harvey reworked the image using the plaster-cast of a child's hand.  The image caused outrage when it was shown at the 'Sensations" exhibition at the Royal Acadamy in 1997, and had to be protected by glass and security guards after atempts were made by visitors to the exhibition to deface it.  David Lee, the editor of Art Review back in 1997 was quoted as saying:  "It was said at the time that this work was exploring and examining pedophelia and aspects of child abuse.  It wasn't actually doing anything of the kind. It was merely exploiting a very famous image of a very infamous subject in order to advance the career of the artist."