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
Rights
Public Domain
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.