The Suffragette: You may think it fun, poor Cupid to snub. Anti Suffrage 1912

ANONYMOUS. The Suffragette. "You may think it fun, poor Cupid to snub..." c.1912.
 
Colour-printed sheet, 300 x 210 mm. Printed on thin paper and depicting a suffragette wearing a Suffragette sash and carrying a flag, whilst pushing cupid's hat over their eyes, with a broken heart under her foot. Cupid's bow and arrow are seen falling to the floor. Beneath is a four-line satirical verse beginning "You may think it fun, poor Cupid to snub...". A very good example with light creasing and handling wear, but free from significant loss or repair.
 
An uncommon piece of British anti-suffrage propaganda. The image ridicules the suffragette movement by portraying its adherents as rejecting domestic life and motherhood in favour of political agitation, while the accompanying verse suggests that Cupid will ultimately take revenge upon the emancipated woman. Such ephemeral satirical prints were produced in relatively small numbers for popular consumption and survival rates are low, making this rare.