 Sutherland was force to price her paintings at a tenth of the value of her male peers.In one example from 1894 exhibition, Sutherland’s work "To the Dandenong" asking price was eighteen guineas, while David Davies sold his piece "Moonrise" for seventy-five pounds.In the early years of the 1900s, Sutherland suffered from a serious stroke and became fully reliant upon the care of her brother, William Sutherland.