ID: 8928 -
Valerio Massimo De Angelis
- Macerata
Type
: Image
Format
:
Medium
: Digital File/gif
Extent
: 50 KB
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Title
: Suffragettes Attacking the House of Commons
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:
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:
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:
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Created
: 1911
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in/on
:
Language
: English
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:
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:
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:
Place
: London
Time
: 1911
Description
: Satirical poster portraying a suffragettes’ attack on the House of Commons
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:
Cultural Practices
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:
Gender/Sexuality
Keywords
:
militancy
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:
House of Commons
Keywords
:
suffragism
Query Subject+Keyword
: (Cultural Practices, militancy)
Query Subject+Keyword
: (Places, House of Commons)
Query Subject+Keyword
: (Gender/Sexuality, suffragism)
Comment
: The image underscores the suffragettes’ violence (their weapons being umbrellas) and portrays policemen as their helpless victims, thus reversing what were their actual roles in these circumstances.