John Bull print: Sermons in Stones

Illustation depicting a man turning away, startled, from a woman seated at a desk as a brick is hurled through the window, captioned: 'John Bull (to Non-militant Suffragist): "I could listen more attentively, Madam, to your pleas, were it not for these concrete arguments which I find rather distracting." '

John Bull print titled “SERMON IN STONES” and published in Punch, or The London Charivari, November 29, 1911. The black and white image depicts a man turning away from a woman seated at a desk as a brick is hurled through the window and is captioned: ‘John Bull (to Non-militant Suffragist): “I could listen more attentively, Madam, to your pleas, were it not for these concrete arguments which I find rather distracting.” ‘

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Date: 1911

Catalogue record: GWL-2022-72

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Material: Paper

Size: H: 200 x W: 255 mm

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Illustation depicting a man turning away, startled, from a woman seated at a desk as a brick is hurled through the window, captioned: 'John Bull (to Non-militant Suffragist): "I could listen more attentively, Madam, to your pleas, were it not for these concrete arguments which I find rather distracting." '
Illustration from the satirical journal Punch

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