The Struggle

preceded by 'West St. Mary's Ward Election. Plump for Read, the Popular Candidate'

Image of two groups of horses and riders, racing to the finishing post, with printed political promotion words above and below silk

the image of this picture kindly provided by the President of The Stevengraph Collectors Association

Woven on silk:-

Printed at top of card-mount:-

	WEST ST. MARY'S WARD ELECTION.
	PLUMP FOR READ, THE POPULAR CANDIDATE.

Printed at bottom of card-mount:-

WOVEN IN SILK BY THOMAS STEVENS, INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER, COVENTRY AND LONDON. (REGISTERED)
	The Struggle. THREE CHEERS FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
	Wellington House, Southgate Street, Leicester.

Card-mount:
cm deep by cm wide

silk:
cm high by cm wide

by Sprake:

by Godden:
A very rare version of THE STRUGGLE has the following printed on the front of the card-mount: 'West St. Mary's Ward Election. Plump for Read, the Popular Candidate' and, below the picture and title, 'Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue. Wellington House, Southgate Street, Leicester'.
The election gift was issued by Robert Read, Junior, who unsuccessfully stood as an independent candidate for West St Mary's Ward, Leicester, the election taking place on 1 November 1879.
The specially overprinted examples must have been issues for a brief period and only in Leicester. It is not at present known if other subjects were also issued with this or similar election wording.

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This page was created on 23 December 2003
image replaced with improved version 21 July 2023

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Reference Number:-	Sprake Number:-	Godden Number:-
st 584	unrecorded	mentioned without number