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'An Ugly Rush!', 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
'An Ugly Rush!', 1870. Woman's Vote Bill. A stout John Bull, the representative of the British people or, in this case, British men, puts his back to the door upon which a number of women pound with their various demands. The previous year, women ratepayers had been given the right to vote in local elections. However, a Bill had recently been introduced proposing that women should be granted a parliamentary franchise. The proposal had been rejected, much to Mr Punch's relief. It is always worth noting how the women activists are presented. With their skirts slightly too short for modesty, they are decorated with rosettes. They are usually depicted as acidic spinsters, embittered, bespectacled, and the complete antithesis of the young woman walking behind this group in the street. She is the epitome of the modest wife, and good mother. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 28, 1870.
Unique Identifier
AR927882
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Image
Purpose
Public
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4898px × 3836px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
ACTIVISM
ACTIVIST
allegorical figure
B&W
B/W
BILL
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
Cartoon
clothes
concept
Door
Door mat
Dress
Engraving
Eyeglasses
fat
Female
Girl
GIRLS
Hat
Heritage Image Partnership
John Bull
John Tenniel;Tenniel
John;Sir John Tenniel
JOSEPH
Joseph Swain
LADY
Male
Man
Men
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
People
Politics
Print Collector1
RIGHTS
Rosette
Satire
spectacles
SWAIN
Victorian
VOTE
VOTER
Voting
Woman
Women
WOMEN'S RIGHTS