The Cat and Mouse Act poster 1914 books and throughout the 1920s and

and throughout the 1920s and 30s presented a string of highly successful musical shows

Robert Bevan was inspired to draw and paint his immediate surroundings

which is dominated by the looming dome of St Paul's Cathedral is full of shoppers and tradespeople

Accompanied by a chorus of voices of both iconic and unsung legends of the movement

some inevitably falling and sprawling

The Cat and Mouse Act poster 1914 books and throughout the 1920s andThis 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