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Handbag for the Pageant of Great Women

By Morwenna Catt 2018
A piece created for an exhibition exploring Women’s Suffrage. Inspired by the Suffrage play of 1909 by Cicely Mary Hamilton. Figures left to right; Vivienne Westwood as Elizabeth I, Boudicca, Rani Lakshmibai, Joan of Arc, Marie Curie.
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