John ThomsonScottish, 1837–1921Sufferers from the Floods
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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About the work
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.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2019.52
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- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
