The Kettle Calls the Pot Black

Pro-female suffrage propaganda postcard published by the Suffrage Atelier. Headed 'The Kettle Calls the Pot Black' the postcard refers to the failure of the Conciliation Bill of 1910 that would have given limited female suffrage. The imagery refers to the fact that despite the majority of MPs voting in support of the Act, it failed to complete its process through Parliament. The postcard is addressed to Miss Turner in Brighton, from A.M. Shannon.

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.