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Flags Found on Emily Wilding Davison at Death WSPU Flag

LSE Library

LSE Library
London, United Kingdom

Two flags, cotton, white, purple, green, stained, rips at lower and upper edges, produced by the Women's Social & Political Union (WSPU), found on Emily Wilding Davison's body after she fell under the King's horse at the Epsom Derby. Handwritten labels sewn to flags read 'One of the 2 flags found on Emily Wilding Davison's body when she stopped the Kings' horse while running the Derby Race 4th June 1913. Presented by Rose Lamartine-Yates'.

Women's Social & Political Union flag

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  • Title: Flags Found on Emily Wilding Davison at Death WSPU Flag
  • Date Created: c. 1913
  • Type: Artwork
  • Original Source: LSE Library

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