Printed Ephemera — 1909-1912
Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison
The arrest of the Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. This press image depicts a smiling Emily being arrested by two policemen. The date and incident is unknown. Emily Wilding Davison was imprisoned 7 times for militancy between 1909 and 1912. First arrested in March 1909 for taking part in a deputation from Caxton Hall to see the Prime Minister she also received terms of imprisonment for window smashing, disrupting meetings and taking a horsewhip to a man she thought, mistankenly, was Lloyd George. In December 1911 Emily initiated a new form of militancy - setting fire to pillar boxes for which she received her longest prison sentence of 6 months. Pillar box work was subsequently adopted by other Suffragettes.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 2013.1/4
- Object name:
- Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison
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- Artist/Maker:
- World's Graphic Press, Limited
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- Production date:
- 1909-1912
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 158 mm, W 205 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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