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Roger Fenton 
Dr John Sutherland (1808-1891) 
1855 
  
Salted paper print 
24.5 x 19.6 cm (image) 
  
The Royal Collection 
RCIN 250055 
  
 
LL/91048 
  
Photograph of Dr Sutherland sitting at a table writing a letter. He is wearing a dark suit and is holding a quill in his right hand. The table is covered by a cloth and there is a large box on top of it. There is an animal fur on the chair he is sitting on and a cloth backdrop behind him. Dr Sutherland was the head of the Sanitary Commission sent to improve the military hospitals during the Crimean War. Through a series of basic measures the Commission succeeded in improving the standard of hygiene at the hospitals and reducing the death rate. 
 

 
  
 
  
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