Surveillance image

ID:

53.140/62

Production date:

1914

Location:

In Store

Surveillance image of a Suffragette prisoner exercising in the yard of Holloway prison taken by an undercover police photographer. TheSuffragette is identified on the reverse of the image as ‘Lillian Ball’. On the front is written 'Ball'. Lillian Ball and Marguerite Sidley were arrested on 11 February 1914 and detained for four days in Holloway Prison. Surveillance photographs of the women, including this one, were taken during this period.  < ...Read more

Surveillance image of a Suffragette prisoner exercising in the yard of Holloway prison taken by an undercover police photographer. TheSuffragette is identified on the reverse of the image as ‘Lillian Ball’. On the front is written 'Ball'. Lillian Ball and Marguerite Sidley were arrested on 11 February 1914 and detained for four days in Holloway Prison. Surveillance photographs of the women, including this one, were taken during this period.

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. < Hide

Measurements

H 158 mm; W 55 mm

Materials

paper

Last Updated

2024-03-14