The Relief Fund in Lancashire (for "Once a Week")

After James McNeill Whistler American
 Associated with Dalziel Brothers British
 Related poet Rev. Thomas J. Baty British

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In 1862 Whistler designed four wood engravings for the London periodical "Once a Week." Many of his Pre-Raphaelite friends were illustrating poems and short stories at this moment and the decade proved to be the start of a new flowering of British illustration. Founded in 1859, "Once a Week" supported the movement and was known as a "journal of the younger men." Whister here responds to an article titled "The Relief Fund in Lancashire: A Commendation" with a related verse concerning th flight of the Lancashire weavers. This is a proof for a wood engraving published July 26, 1862.

The Relief Fund in Lancashire (for "Once a Week"), After James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London), Wood engraving; proof

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