Name/TitlePostcard: If I Catch You Bending
About this objectBamforth & Co. Series No. 1081: colour tinted photograph (copyright Bamforth & Co. 1908?) depicting a person in a red bathrobe and a towel over their shoulders with arm raised and poised to strike the backside of a maid peering through the keyhole of a door marked 'BATH'. Captioned 'My word! if I catch you bending.'
MakerBamforth & Co Ltd
Maker RolePublisher
Period1900s
Place MadeEngland, Holmfirth
Place NotesBamforth & Co., publishers in Holmfirth (England) and New York. Printed in England.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence: "Dear Doug ~ just to remind you of the saying in case you forget it, A. L & I have just been out for a walk round the houses looking for P.Cards this is a sample so now I am off to bed so Goodnight [D.I.J.J.?]" and [upside down at top] "excuse the Pen, I should think"
Addressee: Mr. D. Legg, 61 Pevensey rod., Garrett Lane, Tooting S.W.
Half penny stamp postmarked W.C. 16, 11:15 AM [date illegible... 1908?]
MeasurementsH: 138 x W: 89 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsMisogyny
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-19
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved