Photographic postcard of the arrest of Emmeline Pankhurst on the charge of obstructing a policeman while on a deputation to the House of Commons. The next day she received a sentence of six weeks in Holloway prison. The deputation to the Commons…
Postcard depicts a large woman addressing a crowd of women seated in a hall. On the wall are signs, including "We will never give in" and "Votes for women." In the foreground, another woman is seated, holding a piece of paper.
Postcard is part of the Valentine's Series. The card depicts a suffragist, shackled and in a prison cell, reaching out to John Bull, a personification of England. The poem along the bottom is an excerpt from "The Princess," by Alfred Lord…