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