‘In 1912, Scotland Yard detectives bought their first camera, to covertly photograph suffragettes. The pictures were compiled into ID sheets for officers on the ground.’
– BBC
1 – Margaret Scott
2 – Olive Leared (nee Hockin)
3 – Margaret McFarlane
4 – Mary Wyan (Mary Ellen Taylor)
5 – Annie Bell
6 – Jane Short
7 – Gertrude Mary Ansell
8 – Maud Brindley
9 – Verity Oates
11 – Mary Raleigh Richardson
12 – May Dennis (ne?e Lenton)
13 – Kitty Marion (Katherina Maria Schafer)
14 – Lillian Forrester
15 – Miss Johansen
16 – Clara Giveen
17 – Jennie Baines
18 – Miriam Pratt
‘When Evelyn Manesta, one of the Manchester suffragettes, refused to pose for a picture, a guard was brought in to restrain her in front of the camera.
‘But when the photograph of Evelyn Manesta appeared, the arm had been removed. The photographer had acted on official instructions to doctor the photograph so that it would be less controversial.’
10 – Evelyn Manesta
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All images © National Portrait Gallery, London.
This capsule was curated by Shirley Shin.
More here: SUFFRAGETTE SURVEILLANCE, 1913
