Handicapped! / G. – Historic Print
![Handicapped! / G., [London] : Artists' Suffrage League, [191-] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/49/499f3640fe48-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Handicapped! / G., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Handicapped! / G.
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Here the title, "Handicapped!", carries the joke: a rowboat, a sport in which a handicap gives a weaker competitor an edge, becomes a way to argue that women were being handed a disadvantage in the contest for the vote. The poster was issued by the Artists' Suffrage League, a London group of women artists who made posters, cartoons and other graphic work for the campaign in the years before and during the First World War. Its signature, "G.," identifies only the artist by initial. The bright color and the sporting metaphor were typical of suffrage publicity, which aimed to reach passersby quickly with a clear, witty message.
| Created / published | [London] : Artists' Suffrage League, [191-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters British 1910-1920.Prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Gt. Brit. F34. 191-. |
| Subjects | Women's suffrage--Great Britain--1910-1920. Rowboats--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,039 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219430 |
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