Name/TitlePostcard: Princess Sophia Duleep Singh
About this objectBlank postcard (No.163) produced by the Museum of London in 1993. The front features a black and white photographic image of a South Asian woman dressed in an overcoat and holding a copy of The Suffragette newspaper. Beside her is a newsstand advertising The Suffragette, with the word 'Revolution!' in large bold letters. The caption on the back of the card says 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh selling the Suffragette outside Hampton Court Palace, 1913.'
MakerUnknown
Maker RolePhotographer
MakerMuseum of London
Maker RoleProducer
Date Made1913
Period1910s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
MeasurementsH: 150 x W: 105 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsSuffragettes
Subject and Association KeywordsWSPU
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Duleep_Singh:
Princess Sophia Alexandrovna Duleep Singh (8 August 1876 – 22 August 1948) was a prominent suffragette in the United Kingdom. Her father was Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh, who had lost his Sikh Empire to the Punjab Province of British India and was subsequently exiled to England. Sophia's mother was Bamba Müller, who was half German and half Ethiopian, and her godmother was Queen Victoria. She had four sisters, including two half-sisters, and three brothers. She lived at Hampton Court Palace in an apartment in Faraday House given to her by Queen Victoria as a grace-and-favour home. During the early twentieth century, Singh was one of several Indian women who pioneered the cause of women's rights in Britain. Although she is best remembered for her leading role in the Women's Tax Resistance League, she also participated in other women's suffrage groups, including the Women's Social and Political Union.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeGreetings card
Object numberGWL-2024-6-15
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved