Women's Suffrage: The Hankinson-Goode CollectionDUVAL (ELSIE)Illuminated printed address bearing stamped signature of Emmeline Pankhurst ("E. Pankhurst") presented to Elsie Duval 'On Behalf of all Women who will win freedom by the bondage which you have endured for their sake, and dignity by the humiliation which you have gladly suffered for the uplifting of our sex, We, the Members of the Women's Social and Political Union, herewith express our deep sense of admiration for our courage in enduring a long period of privation and solitary confinement in prison for the 'Votes for Women' Cause...', beneath large chromolithographed Angel of Freedom vignette, within a purple, green and gilt foliate border incorporating the portcullis and prisoner's arrow motif, calligraphic name of recipient, one leaf, printed by 'Weiners, London, W.', light dust-staining, framed and glazed, address 486 x 318mm., with frame 680 x 505mm., unexamined out of frame, [September 1908 onwards]; with a similar printed certificate addressed to Elsie Duval, bearing the stamped signature of Emmeline Pankhurst ("E. Pankhurst"), within a black and white foliate border beneath the WSPU roundel in purple, white and green, one leaf, dust-staining, marks and small tears, framed and glazed, 380 x 275mm., with frame 570 x 455mm., unexamined out of frame (2)FootnotesThese illuminated addresses were designed by Sylvia Pankhurst to incorporate the purple, green and white colours that the WPSU had adopted in June 1908 and were presented to ex-prisoners who had suffered for the cause. The 'Angel of Freedom' device was a strong 'brand' logo also used on other WPSU artefacts such as the tea-service and medallion included in this sale. From April 1909, the meeting of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance, the addresses were accompanied by a Holloway Brooch (not present). Elsie Duval (1892-1919), a member of the WSPU from 1907, was born into a family of passionate supporters of the suffrage movement and was the first woman to be released from Holloway under the so-called 'Cat and Mouse Act' in 1913. Her mother, Emily Duval, was arrested on six occasions between 1908 and 1912 and her brother Victor founded the Men's Political Union for Women's Enfranchisement. Elsie too was arrested many times and served several sentences in Holloway. In 1912 she was arrested after smashing the window of Clapham post office and sentenced to a month's imprisonment during which she was force-fed nine times and subsequently awarded the Hunger Strike Medal by the WSPU. After being accused of arson, she fled to Europe with her husband, only returning at the beginning of the First War when an amnesty to suffragettes was in place. Her weakened health meant that she succumbed to influenza in 1919, as did her sister and fellow-suffragette Barbara. Provenance: Sotheby's, 15 December 1987, lot 244 (part).
Women's Suffrage: The Hankinson-Goode CollectionDUVAL (ELSIE)Illuminated printed address bearing stamped signature of Emmeline Pankhurst ("E. Pankhurst") presented to Elsie Duval 'On Behalf of all Women who will win freedom by the bondage which you have endured for their sake, and dignity by the humiliation which you have gladly suffered for the uplifting of our sex, We, the Members of the Women's Social and Political Union, herewith express our deep sense of admiration for our courage in enduring a long period of privation and solitary confinement in prison for the 'Votes for Women' Cause...', beneath large chromolithographed Angel of Freedom vignette, within a purple, green and gilt foliate border incorporating the portcullis and prisoner's arrow motif, calligraphic name of recipient, one leaf, printed by 'Weiners, London, W.', light dust-staining, framed and glazed, address 486 x 318mm., with frame 680 x 505mm., unexamined out of frame, [September 1908 onwards]; with a similar printed certificate addressed to Elsie Duval, bearing the stamped signature of Emmeline Pankhurst ("E. Pankhurst"), within a black and white foliate border beneath the WSPU roundel in purple, white and green, one leaf, dust-staining, marks and small tears, framed and glazed, 380 x 275mm., with frame 570 x 455mm., unexamined out of frame (2)FootnotesThese illuminated addresses were designed by Sylvia Pankhurst to incorporate the purple, green and white colours that the WPSU had adopted in June 1908 and were presented to ex-prisoners who had suffered for the cause. The 'Angel of Freedom' device was a strong 'brand' logo also used on other WPSU artefacts such as the tea-service and medallion included in this sale. From April 1909, the meeting of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance, the addresses were accompanied by a Holloway Brooch (not present). Elsie Duval (1892-1919), a member of the WSPU from 1907, was born into a family of passionate supporters of the suffrage movement and was the first woman to be released from Holloway under the so-called 'Cat and Mouse Act' in 1913. Her mother, Emily Duval, was arrested on six occasions between 1908 and 1912 and her brother Victor founded the Men's Political Union for Women's Enfranchisement. Elsie too was arrested many times and served several sentences in Holloway. In 1912 she was arrested after smashing the window of Clapham post office and sentenced to a month's imprisonment during which she was force-fed nine times and subsequently awarded the Hunger Strike Medal by the WSPU. After being accused of arson, she fled to Europe with her husband, only returning at the beginning of the First War when an amnesty to suffragettes was in place. Her weakened health meant that she succumbed to influenza in 1919, as did her sister and fellow-suffragette Barbara. Provenance: Sotheby's, 15 December 1987, lot 244 (part).
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