Printed Ephemera — 1909-1912
Postcard, portrait postcard
Postcard with photographic portrait of Alison Neilans (1884-1942). Neilans was born in Camberwell. By 1910 she was a member of the executive committee of the Women’s Freedom League. She was imprisoned on three occasions for her suffragette activities, including pouring liquid into the ballot boxes used in the1909 Bermondsey by-election. Neilans went on hunger strike and was forcibly fed while in prison. In 1915 she worked with the East London Federation of Suffragettes headed by Sylvia Pankhurst.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- NN22431
- Object name:
- postcard, portrait postcard
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Merchants Portrait Co.
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- Production date:
- 1909-1912
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 140 mm, W 87 mm
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
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