Women's Suffrage: The Hankinson-Goode CollectionDUVAL (NORAH)Autograph album bearing ownership inscription of Norah Duval of Westfield Terrace, Chapel Allerton, containing c.20 signatures, pencil drawings and watercolours, including an inscription by Emily Wilding Davison dated 11 March 1913 ("Who would be free herself must strike the blow!"/ "Rebellion against tyrants, is obedience to God!" "Deeds, not Words!"), green cloth, worn, 97 x 153mm., 1911 to 1913 [dated 8 August 1911]; with a leather presentation case for a Hunger Strike Medal bearing the lettering inside 'Presented to Norah Duval by the Women's Social & Political Union in recognition of a Gallant Action whereby through endurance to the last extremity of hunger and hardship, a great principle of political justice was vindicated', 60 x 100mm.; together with a cartoon by Cecilia Forbes-Robertson depicting Norah Duval standing over a bemused policeman, having just smashed a window, toffee hammer in hand, signed "C.F.R/ 1912", pencil and watercolour, 262 x 180mm., and another caricature of Norah Duval by an unknown artist, in crayon, 260 x 156mm., [n.d.] (4)Footnotes'DEEDS NOT WORDS': Emily Wilding Davison inscribes an autograph book for Norah Duval. Norah was the daughter of militant suffragists Emily and Ernest Duval and sister of Elsie, Victor, Barbara and Millicent. She followed in the family tradition and was incarcerated in Holloway for militant acts and was a recipient of the Hunger Strike Medal (not included in the lot). Her autograph album bears the address of the art critic Frank Rutter, a long-time friend of the Duval family with whom she was staying. It was at his wedding in 1909 that Victor met his future wife Una Dugdale and in 1913 he gave Elsie Duval a reference to find work in Europe after her escape from the Cat and Mouse Act, also allowing his house in Leeds to become a haven for those recovering from hunger strike. It is probably through Rutter that the Duvals met the Forbes-Robertsons. Cecilia studied at the Royal Academy in 1917, exhibited between 1917 and 1921. Her brother was the artist Eric Forbes-Robertson whose wife Janina painted Barbara Duval's portrait also in the present sale. Provenance: Sotheby's, 15 December 1987, lot 244 (part).
Women's Suffrage: The Hankinson-Goode CollectionDUVAL (NORAH)Autograph album bearing ownership inscription of Norah Duval of Westfield Terrace, Chapel Allerton, containing c.20 signatures, pencil drawings and watercolours, including an inscription by Emily Wilding Davison dated 11 March 1913 ("Who would be free herself must strike the blow!"/ "Rebellion against tyrants, is obedience to God!" "Deeds, not Words!"), green cloth, worn, 97 x 153mm., 1911 to 1913 [dated 8 August 1911]; with a leather presentation case for a Hunger Strike Medal bearing the lettering inside 'Presented to Norah Duval by the Women's Social & Political Union in recognition of a Gallant Action whereby through endurance to the last extremity of hunger and hardship, a great principle of political justice was vindicated', 60 x 100mm.; together with a cartoon by Cecilia Forbes-Robertson depicting Norah Duval standing over a bemused policeman, having just smashed a window, toffee hammer in hand, signed "C.F.R/ 1912", pencil and watercolour, 262 x 180mm., and another caricature of Norah Duval by an unknown artist, in crayon, 260 x 156mm., [n.d.] (4)Footnotes'DEEDS NOT WORDS': Emily Wilding Davison inscribes an autograph book for Norah Duval. Norah was the daughter of militant suffragists Emily and Ernest Duval and sister of Elsie, Victor, Barbara and Millicent. She followed in the family tradition and was incarcerated in Holloway for militant acts and was a recipient of the Hunger Strike Medal (not included in the lot). Her autograph album bears the address of the art critic Frank Rutter, a long-time friend of the Duval family with whom she was staying. It was at his wedding in 1909 that Victor met his future wife Una Dugdale and in 1913 he gave Elsie Duval a reference to find work in Europe after her escape from the Cat and Mouse Act, also allowing his house in Leeds to become a haven for those recovering from hunger strike. It is probably through Rutter that the Duvals met the Forbes-Robertsons. Cecilia studied at the Royal Academy in 1917, exhibited between 1917 and 1921. Her brother was the artist Eric Forbes-Robertson whose wife Janina painted Barbara Duval's portrait also in the present sale. Provenance: Sotheby's, 15 December 1987, lot 244 (part).
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
