Language: English
Published by B&R Series, 1903
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA : ILAB : PBFA, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition
US$ 271.07
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. PANKHURST, Phyllis. Picture postcard addressed to Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, Venice, Italy. Sulby Glen, Isle of Man: B. & R. Series. Postmarked Douglas, Isle of Man, 13 April 1903. Photographic postcard, 140 × 90 mm, manuscript message in children's handwriting in pencil to lower margin; addressed to 'Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, Calle del - S. Antonio, Venice, Italy,' with 1d red stamp and Isle of Man cancellation. Very good. Light creasing and minor surface wear; postal markings clear; message legible. A child's family postcard sent by Phyllis Pankhurst to her cousin Sylvia Pankhurst during Sylvia's period in Italy in 1903, prior to the escalation of W.S.P.U. militancy. The brief manuscript message - 'Dear Cousin Sylvia, Please write to me - Hope you are well. Phyllis' - was sent at an early moment in Sylvia's life, she was 21 and training as an artist, before she came to public prominence with the WSPU. .