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Sexist Collection (page 2)

Background imageSexist Collection: Passengers relax on board a Red Star liner, 1907. Creator: Unknown

Passengers relax on board a Red Star liner, 1907. Creator: Unknown
Passengers relax on board a Red Star liner, 1907. Men play chess and read the ship newspaper in the Smoking Lounge of an ocean liner on a transatlantic crossing

Background imageSexist Collection: Advertisement for Frigidaire fridges, 1936. Creator: Unknown

Advertisement for Frigidaire fridges, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Advertisement for Frigidaire fridges, 1936. Magazine advertisement by The Cooling Equipment Company Limited in Lahore, India, promoting fridges as the ideal Christmas present for your wife

Background imageSexist Collection: Stick seller, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby

Stick seller, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
Stick seller, 1760. A ragged stick seller and two background views; to the left a woman is holding a stick over her kneeling husband and twisting his nose

Background imageSexist Collection: Selling a wife, Smithfield Market, London, 1816

Selling a wife, Smithfield Market, London, 1816
Selling a wife, London, 1816; a scene at Smithfield Market with a man leading a woman on a rope in the centre, surrounded by figures, cattle and dogs

Background imageSexist Collection: A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, 1816

A wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, 1816. A woman stands with a rope round her neck, like an animal; Smithfield is a cattle market. A man - presumably her husband - holds the rope

Background imageSexist Collection: Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, c1820

Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, c1820. A rowdy scene at Smithfield cattle market with the wife for sale tied by a rope around her waist to a rail in the centre

Background imageSexist Collection: Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London. 1797

Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London. 1797. Text below

Background imageSexist Collection: Sir Matthew Hale, 17th century Lord Chief Justice of England, (1808). Artist: J Chapman

Sir Matthew Hale, 17th century Lord Chief Justice of England, (1808). Artist: J Chapman
Sir Matthew Hale, 17th century Lord Chief Justice of England, (1808). It was Hales (1609-1676) opinion that The husband cannot be guilty of a rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife

Background imageSexist Collection: Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England, (1829). Artist: H Robinson

Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England, (1829). Artist: H Robinson
Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England, (1829). It was Hales (1609-1676) opinion that The husband cannot be guilty of a rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife

Background imageSexist Collection: Helping Mother, 1901. Artist: Andre & Sleigh

Helping Mother, 1901. Artist: Andre & Sleigh
Helping Mother, 1901. Illustration from The Process Year Book, A Review of the Illustrated Arts. published by AW Penrose & Co, (London, 1901)

Background imageSexist Collection: Good and Evil, 19th century. Artist: Andre Jacques Victor Orsel

Good and Evil, 19th century. Artist: Andre Jacques Victor Orsel
Good and Evil, 19th century. The rewards women might expect as a result of their conduct. Christ sits in judgment (top), sorting the blessed on his right from the damned on his left

Background imageSexist Collection: Honour to Agneta Frances Ramsay! Cambridge, June, 1887. Artist: George du Maurier

Honour to Agneta Frances Ramsay! Cambridge, June, 1887. Artist: George du Maurier
Honour to Agneta Frances Ramsay! Cambridge, June, 1887. Mr Punch bows to Agneta Frances Ramsay who sat, and passed with First Class Honours, the papers set

Background imageSexist Collection: The Coming Race, 1872. Artist: George du Maurier

The Coming Race, 1872. Artist: George du Maurier
The Coming Race, 1872. Cartoon showing the patronising attitude women in the medical profession could expect from male colleagues. From Punch, London, 14 September 1872

Background imageSexist Collection: The Coming Race, 1872

The Coming Race, 1872. This cartoon shows one of the new female doctors asking for assistance from a manly and upright male surgeon

Background imageSexist Collection: A Ladies Race, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain

A Ladies Race, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Ladies Race, 1872. A ladies race fails to get under way as the female riders cannot stop gossiping. Punch regularly poked fun at women trying their poor best to participate in the sport of men

Background imageSexist Collection: Two Girls of The Period, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel

Two Girls of The Period, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel
Two Girls of The Period, 1869. This cartoon shows a fashionable protestant convert to Catholicism looking in horror at the Catholic nun



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