Name/TitlePostcard: You're Asking For It
About this objectPostcard No. 468 depicting a woman in a red dress leaning on the sill of an open window, watched by a boy in school uniform with one arm raised and his eye on a fly hovering above the woman's bottom. Captioned 'YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT!'.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence [in black ink]: "Dear Aunt ~ Just a P.C. to say we have arrived at Mablethorpe and the weather his [sic] very nice ~ love to all from [Jeanie?] c/o Mrs Hilton, Louth Hotel, Mablethorpe"
Addressee: Mrs Neale, 97 Brunswick St, Humberstone Rd, Leicester
Stamp has been removed and postmark illegible
MeasurementsH: 90 x W: 139 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-2022-26-41
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved