Printed Ephemera — 1909-1914
400 Women Unlawfully Imprisoned
Pro-female suffrage propaganda postcard published by the Suffrage Atelier. The postcard design by the artist G Watson depicts a John Bull figure 'in a dilapidated condition' meeting a modern Suffragette campaigner. The conversation between the two reads 'John Bull 'What's all this, Miss? I seem to have been asleep a very long time' to which the Suffragette replies 'Yes you have been asleep so long that Magna Charta [sic] has almost fallen into disuse'.
The figure of John Bull was regularly used by Suffragette artists to represent the 'out-moded' establishment.
The Suffrage Atelier was founded in London in February 1909. Its aim was: 'to encourage Artists to forward the Women's Movement, and particularly the Enfranchisement of Women, by means of pictorial publications.'
The Atelier artists specialised in hand-made wooden block prints, stencilling and etchings and produced visually powerful posters and postcards to publicise the pro-suffrage campaign.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- NN22647
- Object name:
- 400 Women Unlawfully Imprisoned
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- Artist/Maker:
- Suffrage Atelier
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- Production date:
- 1909-1914
- Material:
card, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 88 mm, W 140 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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