Our October newsletter features a major new collection on women's rights and the suffrage movement, and a scientific and medical history archive with a great pedigree. We're also giving away two pairs of free tickets to the Country Living Christmas Fair Gala Evening, so read on!

Science Source

Here at Mary Evans we aim to represent history in its broadest terms - not just the history of events but of how people lived and worked, and what they discovered about the world around them. We're therefore pleased to be representing over 5000 new images on the history of science, medicine and nature from the specialist collection of New York-based image library Photo Researchers, founded in 1957 and recently re-branded as Science Source to more accurately describe their incredible archive.

Portraits of eminent scientists and inventors abound, while scientific instruments and early anatomical drawings mix with alarming photographs of people afflicted with diseases such as smallpox and leprosy.

Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man; Pavlov and his dogs; a 19th century beaver hat; and rather beautiful x-rays of shells and starfish are also included in this selection, as are images from American and world history such as slavery and abolitionists, maps, the US Civil War and Norse and Roman mythology.

Click here for a cross-section of science and a medley of medicine.

The March of the Women

We have just uploaded the first batch of over 1000 images from a major new contributor documenting the history of the women's movement, primarily in Great Britain and Ireland, between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The March of the Women Collection was compiled piece by piece over a period of 30 years, and focuses on the activities of the suffragette movement from 1903 to 1914 and the role of women during the First World War.

This splendid collection features portraits of leading players such as Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, Charlotte Despard, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence and 'General' Flora Drummond, as well as photographs of marches, meetings, deputations to parliament and other campaigning by both law-abiding groups and those willing to use more shocking tactics.

Political cartoons espousing the suffragette cause are well matched by those produced by the anti-suffragette movement which caricature women who want the vote as unattractive spinsters and shrieking harridans with violent tendencies. Despised practices such as forced feeding of suffragettes in prison become fair game for humour.

In another set of postcards, women’s war work from 1914 to 1918 in munitions, as land girls, drivers and tram operators, is both admired and an excuse for a bit of sauciness. An Easter postcard of two ducklings wearing the khaki hats of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps and crying ‘W.A.A.C.! W.A.A.C.!!’ is a delightful addition.

The March of the Women collection will be swelled by ever-growing numbers in the coming months, but for now please click here for a preview.

Country Living Christmas Fair Gala ticket giveaway

Courtesy of greypeg.com, who produce beautifully mounted and framed prints for children, inspired by a love for stories and illustrations from the past, we have two pairs of tickets to give away for the Country Living Christmas Fair Gala Evening at the Business Design Centre, London from 5.30pm to 9pm on 31st October.

If you'd like the chance to get a pair of free tickets to the Gala Evening, please email jessica.talmage@maryevans.com with your name and address. First come, first served.

Brand Licensing Europe 2013

Brand Licensing Europe at the Grand Hall, Kensington Olympia, is in full swing, with Mary Evans Picture Library on stand J26 in the Art, Design & Image section. Brand Licensing is the perfect place for retailers and licensees to discover the latest brands, characters & images available for licence, to attend free licensing seminars, and to find successful new partnerships.

Amongst the collections we are highlighting are the Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, iconic British fashion brand English Eccentrics, enchanting illustration from the Medici Society and the Air Kiss Collection - 1980s fashion illustration by Anne Zielinski-Old.

With the show closing on 17th October, there's a limited time to get to this definitive show. Click here for more details.

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Best wishes,

Mary Evans Picture Library