The Cat and Mouse Act poster 1914 books Nelson's Column and East side

Nelson's Column and East side of Trafalgar Square from North-East corner

A view looking north from Southwark Pier

Robert Bevan was inspired to draw and paint his immediate surroundings

completely updated with new routes

some inevitably falling and sprawling

The Cat and Mouse Act poster 1914 books Nelson's Column and East sideThis poster reads,'The Cat and Mouse Act passed by liberal government' was first published in 1914. The 'Prisoner's Temporary Discharge for Ill Health Act' of 1913 meant that imprisoned suffragettes on hunger strike could be released because of ill health, but could then be re imprisoned once they had recovered. This 'letting them go; then catching them again' earned the measure the popular title of 'The Cat and Mouse Act'. This poster forms part of