Ellen Sutcliffe West Riding Lunatic Asylum Patient
Media
Part of Committed Woman
Title
Ellen Sutcliffe West Riding Lunatic Asylum Patient
Subject
Asylum, female patients
Description
The portrait is of a Ellen Sutcliffe. She had previously been committed to the Halifax Workhouse but was moved to the West Riding Lunatic Asylum in 1865. The writing on the bottom of the photograph says "imbecility"
Creator
James Crichton-Browne
Date
1873
Place
Wakefield, Yorkshire
Type
Photograph
Source
Wellcome Collection
Publisher
Rights
CC by 4.0
Format
Photoprint, 9x5.5 cm
Contributor
Gabrielle Manzoni