About this object
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Maker:
Mills, Ernestine
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ID:
93.150
Production date:
c. 1951
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Location:
In Store
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Ernestine Mills, an enamellist and artist associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement, made this plaque to commemorate the contribution of Hilda, Georgina and Marie Brackenbury to the suffragette campaign. At the height of the votes for women campaign the Brackenburys cared for hunger striking Suffragette prisoners, temporarily released under the Prisoner's Temporary Discharge for Ill Health Act. Their home provided a refuge where the women, weakened by hunger-strike could recuperate and receive health care before being sent back to prison. The Act was referred to by Suffragettes as the 'Cat and Mouse Act' and the Brackenbury house at 2 Campden Hill Square in Holland Park became known as Mouse Castle.
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Measurements
H 524 mm; L 555 mm; D 30 mm (framed)
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Materials
metal; enamel
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Rights Credit
© V.I. Cockroft
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Last Updated
2024-03-14
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