Group of Suffragettes taking Exercise in the Yard of Holloway Gaol
About this object
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ID:
50.82/1481
Production date:
1913
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Location:
In Store
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Surveillance image depicting Suffragette prisoners exercising in the yard of Holloway jail. The prisoners are identified on the reverse of the photo from left to right as Margaret Scott, Jane Short (the alias used by Rachel Peace) May [Margaret] McFarlane and Olive Hockin. This was one in a series of surveillance images taken by an undercover photographer hiding in a van parked in the yard. The photographs were commissioned by the Home Office and distributed widely to public buildings including museums and galleries to prevent the miltants entering premises and causing damage. It is likely the image was taken in June 1913 when all four Suffragettes were serving terms of imprisonment in Holloway for various offences.
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Measurements
H 90 mm; W 68 mm
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Materials
paper
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Last Updated
2024-03-14
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