Sylvia Pankhurst
(1882-1960), Militant suffragette; daughter of Emmeline PankhurstSitter in 19 portraits
Artist of 3 portraits
Pankhurst was one of the leading figures in the campaign to establish votes for women. The daughter of the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst and of the legal reformer Dr Richard Pankhurst, she turned to a career in human rights after studying to be an artist. She took part in demonstrations and violent acts in support of the cause and was arrested eight times between 1913 and 1914. In prison, she went on hunger strike to reinforce her protest. Pankhurst was a leading anti-war campaigner during the First World War. During the 1930s she was active in the fight against fascism and helped Jewish refugees. She championed Ethiopian independence, and died in Addis Ababa, where she was accorded a state funeral.
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by Sylvia Pankhurst
chalk, circa 1907-1910
On display at Killerton, Exeter
NPG 4999
by Herbert Cole
chalk, circa 1925
NPG 4244
Suffragette March in Hyde Park
by Mrs Albert Broom (Christina Livingston)
cream-toned velox print, 23 July 1910
NPG x17396
by George Grantham Bain
vintage print, 1910s
NPG x194305
Group including Sylvia Pankhurst and Charlotte Despard (née French)
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, circa 1916
NPG x35726
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 25 February 1927
NPG x84425
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 25 February 1927
NPG x84426
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 25 February 1927
NPG x18834
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 25 February 1927
NPG x18835
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x24527
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x24528
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x24529
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x24530
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x24531
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x24532
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1938
NPG x24533
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1950
NPG x90892
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1950?
NPG x19651
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1950?
NPG x19652
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