Auction Catalogue

30 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 648

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£720

Suffragette interest: a rare Autographed Photograph, signed by Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, this famous photograph was taken by the Daily Mirror on 13 October 1908, of the two leading Suffragettes awaiting arrest on the roof of the head office of the W.S.P.U. for issuing handbills inciting a ‘rush’ on the House of Commons during the State Opening of Parliament, mounted in glazed wooden frame, 222 x 175mm., good condition £800-1000

These handbills resulted in a march on the House of Commons when 24 women and 21 men were taken to prison, and 10 to hospital. Mrs Pankhurst and her daughter were arrested soon after the photograph was taken. Emmeline was sentenced to three months imprisonment, and Christabel to ten weeks.