Printed Ephemera — 1912
The anti-suffrage ostrich. The sun is not rising. Women's Freedom
Pro-Female Suffrage propoganda poster, 'The anti-suffrage ostrich'. The poster was designed by Catherine Courtauld, a member of the Suffrage Atelier, who produced handmade prints and stencils to promote the 'Votes for Women' campaign.
Here the ostrich represents the anti-suffragists or those opposed to votes for women. Despite the fact that the sun (women's freedom) is rising, the ostrich still buries its head in the sand (Ignorance and stupidity) and insists: 'The sun is not rising'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 50.82/1072
- Object name:
- The anti-suffrage ostrich. The sun is not rising. Women's Freedom
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Suffrage Atelier
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- Related places:
6 Stanlake Villas, Shepherd's Bush, London W [Hammersmith and Fulham], Hammersmith and Fulham
- Production date:
- 1912
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 1000 mm, L 770 mm (approx)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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