Name/TitlePostcard: Are We Downhearted?
About this object"National" Series No. 488: Captioned "Are We Downhearted? ~ NO! I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY SINCE I GOT MARRIED!" and depicting an exhausted man in an apron and rolled up shirt sleeves and trousers trampling laundry in a tub amid clouds of steam. A woman's head is visible behind the steam and a speech bubble states "Tramp them well you idiot!"
MakerMillar & Lang Ltd
Maker RoleArt Publisher
Period1900s
Place NotesGlasgow and London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, centre, in pencil: "SUFF. TENDENCIES"
Correspondence: [At right angles, in ink] "Is this what you have to do since you got married? Not bad, is [underlined] it? I pity you if you do."
Addressee: Mr D. Beddoes, c/o Mr Lodge [??] Etc. Bownton-on-Water, Glos.
Stamp has been torn off and postmark only partly legible: ...mpton R...
MeasurementsH: 139 x W: 87 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsMarriage
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-11
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved