The Unwelcome Guest

Pro-female suffrage black and white propaganda postcard published by the Suffrage Atelier. Headed 'The Unwelcome Guest,' the postcard satirises the Primrose League by depicting a female entertaining members of the establishment, refusing a seat to a Suffragette, with the caption 'I - er - am afraid I cannot offer you a seat. I am entertaining persons of - er - ah - importance. You can find a chair for yourself somewhere outside. Below is printed the explanation.' [The Primrose League has issued a manifesto stating that as it was formed to support the 'great principles' of 'Religion, the Estates of the Realm, & the Integrity of the Empire', it cannot recognise the cause of Women's Enfranchisement, which is only an 'opinion'.]'

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.