Printed Ephemera — 1913-1914
Suffragette Prisoner, Holloway
Surveillance photograph mounted on card of a seated, sleeping suffragette at Holloway prison. This shot was taken by an undercover police photographer.
Scotland Yard undertook covert photography of militant suffragettes from 1913. The images were used to identify suffragettes attempting to enter public buildings such as museums and art galleries, where they might attempt to damage the objects.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 50.82/1423
- Object name:
- Suffragette Prisoner, Holloway
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- Artist/Maker:
- Scotland Yard
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- Production date:
- 1913-1914
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 168 mm, W 105 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:
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- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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