Name/TitlePostcard: The "Rest" Cure
About this objectWR&S "Waterette" Reliable Series Postcard No. 9388, captioned 'The "Rest" Cure' and depicting a group of women being taken away by policemen in a horse-drawn Black Maria. A hand carrying a 'Votes for Women' placard can be seen at the top of the postcard. Signed 'GFC' [G.F. Christie] bottom left.
MakerWilliam Ritchie & Sons Ltd
Maker RolePublisher
MakerChristie, G.F.
Maker RoleArtist
Date Madec.1906
Period1900s
Place MadeScotland, Edinburgh
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, in black ink:
Correspondence: what do you think of this noble [array?] of martyr's [sic]? W.J.H.
Addressee: Local: Miss Newman, [Chota-Dilkoosha?], Glebe Avenue
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Enfield, Middlesex, 2:30pm, 3rd Dec 1906
MeasurementsH: 87 x W: 138 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association Keywordssuffragettes, militant suffrage campaign
Subject and Association KeywordsPrison, imprisonment
Subject and Association Keywordspolice
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2026-25-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved