Photograph of Suffragette Violet Aitken 1905 Size:extra large Coloured etching and aquatint

Coloured etching and aquatint

that could be of use to the enemy

A Gin Shop where a burly and ugly landlord pours out a glass of gin for a coquettish and brazen woman who is well dressed and makes direct eye contact

Children watch the horse guards

From Pierce Eganâ's Life in London

Photograph of Suffragette Violet Aitken 1905 Size:extra large Coloured etching and aquatintViolet was the daughter of Canon Hay Aitken of Norwich Cathedral. She was imprisoned on a number of occasions, once in May 1912 for breaking 12 windows at 245 Regent Street, a premises owned by Jays Ltd, a department store selling fashionable women's clothing. The window breaking campaign was employed by the Women's Political and Social Union to bring attention to the Women's rights movement. In total 220 men and women were arrested, of whom 150 were