Sufferers from the Floods
Medium
woodburytype
Dimensions
image: 11.5 × 9 cm · mounted: 27 × 20.7 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Photography Discretionary Fund
Accession Number
2019.52
Tags
male
About this artwork
Smith and Thomson decided to photograph the once-prosperous Rowletts in front of the rag shop that they owned and lived in to show that the floods caused long-term financial losses and health problems that drove even the middle class into poverty. The woman with the baby lived in the house next door; her entire family suffered constant colds and rheumatism from the persistent dampness.