One hundred years ago, women in Britain who wanted to vote were considered terrorists. Many were jailed, and although Scotland Yard wanted to record them in photographs, the women refused to cooperate. So in 1912, officials purchased a camera and hired a paparazzi-style photographer to shoot the inmates from a distance. BBC news explained how and why these photographs were taken. You can see an online collection of the photos, which give us a glimpse into the world of suffragettes and how they were treated by police. http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/suffragette-surveillance-1913/ -via Metafilter
(Image credit: © National Portrait Gallery, London)
Attacks on Works of Art
March 11 – National Gallery, ‘Rokeby’ Velasquez damaged.
March 16 – Birmingham Cathedral, Burne-Jones window defaced
April 10 – British Museum: Porcelain exhibits smashed
May 5 – Royal Academy: Mr. Sargent’s portray of Mr. Henry James damaged
May 13 – Royal Academy: Sir Hubert von Herkomer’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington damaged
May 18 – Royal Academy: Mr. Calusen’s ‘Primavera’ damaged
May 23 – National Gallery: Five Italian pictures damaged
May 25 – Royal Scottish Academy: Mr. Lavery’s portray of the King mutilated
May – 25 British Museum – Attack on an exhibit
Bomb Explosions
January 26 – Glasgow Kibble Palace (winter garden) partially destroyed by bomb
March 1 – Bomb explosion at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, SW
April 5 – Bomb explosion in St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields
May 11 – Bomb explosion at the Metropolitan Tabernacle
May 24 – Attempt to wreck Glasgow aqueduct
Incendiary Outrages
February 5 – Three country houses in Perthshire burned – namely, Aberuchill Castle (partial), House of Roses and St. Fillans House – both completely destroyed.
February 24 – Whitekirk, Haddington, ancient parish church destroyed.
March 13 – Robertland House, Ayrshire, destroyed by fire.
March 28 – General McCalmont’shouse, Abbeylands, near Belfast, completely destroyed
April 10 – Orlands House, near Carrickfergus, burned down
April 18 – Yarmouth Pier destroyed
April 29 – Felixstowe: Bath Hotel burned down (damage, £23,000)
May 18 – Birmingham Pacecourse grand stand burned
June 2- Wargrave Parish Church destroyed by fire