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About this object

  • ID:

    68.13/1c

  • Production date:

    1912

  • Location:

    In Store

  • Mechanical game entitled 'Elusive Christabel', satirising the failure of the police to find and arrest the Suffragette leader Christabel Pankhurst. This satirical game was sold as a penny novelty by street traders. When the flap is pulled down the portrait of Christabel Pankhurst, who escaped to France in 1912 when faced with conspiracy charges, changes to a second picture of three policemen searching for the 'Elusive Christabel'.

  • Measurements

    H 157 mm; W 90 mm (overall)

  • Materials

    card; ink

  • Last Updated

    2024-03-14

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