Name/TitlePostcard: The smoking-room of a ladies' club
About this object"OILETTE" Postcard No. 1774, Phil May Series IV: Captioned "The smoking-room of a ladies' club." and depicting three insouciant women, two seated in wicker chairs, the other standing. All three women are smoking but one has hers and appears deeply vexed.
MakerRaphael Tuck & Sons
Maker RoleArt Publisher
MakerMay, Phil
Maker RoleArtist
Period1900s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence: "Dear [T? I? ] These good ladies evidently feel bad. I should not have thought a simple cigarette would have done such mischief. Should you [underlined]! K.H."
Addressee: Miss Newington, Imerick House, Hastings [crossed out] Haywards Heath
Halfpenny stamp, postmarked Hastings, [?] PM, [? February] 21, 1905
MeasurementsH: 140 x W: 89 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2010-44
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved