Princess, Socialite, Suffragette: Sophia Duleep Singh

Let’s take a look at the life of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh…

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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Photograph of the blue plaque honouring Princess Sophia Duleep Singh at Faraday House taken by me (Katrina Marchant 2023).

Photograph of Bamba Muller (1886). From the Peter Bance Collection.

Drawing of Maharani Jindan Kaur with her son Duleep Singh by an unknown artist (19th century). Held by the Kapany Collection.

Maharani Jindan Kaur rallying the Sikh troops by an unknown artist (19th-early 20th century). In an unknown collection.

Photograph of a replica of the Koh-i-Noor diamond at Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Mumbai taken by aiva (2020).

Portrait of Maharaja Duleep Singh by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1854). Held by the Royal Collection.

Portrait of Maharani Jindan Kaur by George Richmond (1863). In an unknown collection.

Photograph of the Princesses Catherine, Bamba and Sophia by an unknown photographer (1892).

Photograph of Sophia by J.W. Clarke (1895). Held by the Norfolk Museums - Ancient House Museum.

Photographic record Durbar Procession in 1903, twin images meant to be seen through binoculars to create 3-d effect, by James Ricalton. Held by the British Library.

Photograph of Sophia selling “The Suffragette” a=outside Hampton Court, published in “The Suffragette”; 18th April 1913. Held by the British Library.

Newspaper clipping dealing with Sophia’s court appearance, published 13th December 1913.

A policeman tries to seize the pole of a banner from a suffragette on Black Friday, photographer unknown. The Daily Mirror, 19 November 1910, page 11.

Photograph of Rosa May Billinghurst being accosted at the march. Held by the LSE Library.

Arrest of a suffragette. Held by the Women’s Library Collection.

Front page of The Daily Mirror, 19 November 1910: "Violent scenes at Westminster, where many suffragettes were arrested while trying to force their way into the House of Commons."

Census protest of Sophia Duleep Singh from Hampton Court. Catalogue ref: RG 14/3561. Screenshot from https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/...

AN ANNOUNCEMENT in the ‘Daily Mail’ national newspaper publicising “The Great Women’s Procession” on 17 July 1915 in central London and inviting women. Image Copyright © IWM. IWM catalogue reference Q 107082. Original source https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it...

Postcard showing Indian WW1 hospital inside The Dome of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, sent May 1915.

Photograph of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh as a nurse during WW I by an unknown photographer. From The Modern Review. July 1919.

Photographic portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst by Matzene, Chicago (restored by Adam Cuerden (November 1913). Held by the Library of Congress.

Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster, London. Photographed by Fin Fahey (2006).

Photograph of Sophia in 1930. From the Peter Bance Collection.



Quoted texts:

Anita Anand, “Sophia Duleep Singh: Princess and Suffragette” (2018). From https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/art...



Also consulted, were:

Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.

https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/...

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/v...

Anita Anand, Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary (2018).

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