Pencil drawing by Olive Wharry

Pencil drawing by Olive Wharry whilst in Birmingham Prison in 1912. The drawing is of a creature entitled 'The Winsonosaurus'. Includes the caption ' Notice unusual development of the neck so as to render the process of forcible feeding impossible'.
The Suffragette Olive Wharry was imprisoned on several occasions for militancy.
In December 1911 she was arrested for taking part in the WSPU window smashing campaign and sentenced to two months imprisonment for breaking a window at Clune House, the offices of the Law Land Company. At her trial Olive declared she had never broken the law before but considered it the duty of every 'self-respecting' woman to take part in the protests.
In March 1913, Olive was charged with her most serious offence of setting fire to the tea pavilion in Kew Gardens. On arrest she used the alias Joyce Locke. Found guilty of arson Olive was sentenced to 18 months in the second division. Imprisoned in Holloway Olive immediately went on hunger-strike and was force-fed.