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Women's Suffrage: The Hankinson-Goode CollectionDUVAL (BARBARA)Portrait of Barbara Duval by Janina-Forbes Robertson (active 1908-1912), seated in an armchair reading a book, the 'Portcullis' device in the top right corner, oil on canvas, signed "Janina Forbes-Robertson/ 1912" (lower left), framed, 13 x 10 1/4 in. (33 x 25.5cm.) FootnotesBarbara Duval (d.1919) was the daughter of Emily Duval of the WSPU and Ernest Duval of the Men's Political Union, a well-known family of suffragists. In October 1908 she was arrested with her mother during the disturbances when Muriel Matters chained herself to the grille of the Ladies' Gallery of the House of Commons. Whilst Emily received a fine, Barbara was discharged on promising to abstain from any militancy until she was 21. However, she did spend time behind bars. The portcullis device depicted behind her refers to the 'Holloway Brooch', presented to those incarcerated in Holloway Prison, and her name appears on the Roll of Honour of suffragette prisoners published in 1914 (included in the Hankinson lot in the present sale). She, with two of her sisters, died in the influenza epidemic of 1919. Polish-born Janina Forbes-Robertson (née Flamm) attended the Académie Julian in Paris with her future husband Eric Forbes-Robertson who had studied with Bonnard, Vuillard and Denis, met Gauguin and was the great friend of Robert Bevan. They exhibited together at the August 1911 show of the Esperantist Vagabond Club. Provenance: Sotheby's, 15 December 1987, lot 244 (part).