The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Sufferers from the Floods
1877
(Scottish, 1837–1921)
Image: 11.5 x 9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.); Paper: 11.5 x 9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.); Mounted: 27 x 20.7 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Photography Discretionary Fund 2019.52
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Annual tidal overflow of the Thames River flooded less prosperous areas of London, leaving behind “a trail of misery . . . and a damp, noxious, fever-breeding atmosphere.”Description
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.- (Antiquariat Dr. Jens Mattow, Berlin, Germany)March 4, 2019The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- {{cite web|title=Sufferers from the Floods|url=false|author=John Thomson|year=1877|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.52