Skip to main content Skip to footer

About this object

  • ID:

    50.82/1763

  • Production date:

    1909-02-18

  • Location:

    In Store

  • Police cordon at Downing street, Thursday 18th February 1909. The Police seen in the image were preparing to prevent a delegation from the Women's Freedom League entering Downing Street. The cordon was one of several mounted in Whitehall on the morning of Thursday 18th February 1909 to prevent members of the WFL from attempting to present the case of female Suffrage to the Prime Minister in person. Both mounted and unmounted police cordons blocked the procesion of women as they attempted to enter Whitehall from Victoria Street following an early morning meeting at Caxton Hall. Refusing to move on after an order from the police, 21 women were arrested. This image also appeared in Votes for Women on February 26th 1909.  < ...Read more

  • Measurements

    H 112 mm; W 157 mm (overall)

  • Materials

    paper

  • Last Updated

    2024-03-14

FURTHER INFORMATION
?

Record quality:

What is this?

Not every record in Collections Online is complete. Some have low quality images designed purely for recognition, while some have been catalogued only to a basic standard. This graphic is designed to give you an impression of the quality of data you can see. 100% meets all our current data standards and has a high quality image, 20% is a basic record with no image. Individual record quality can change over time as new photography is carried out and records are worked on.

X