Illustration to "The Relief Fund in Lancashire" (Once a Week), James McNeill Whistler, 1862

Drawing that was used at a charity benefit performance, raising money for the relief of unemployed cotton-mill workers in lancashire. Subsequently published in once a week magazine. "[whistler] expresses the idea of death by starvation, representing in nervous lines a wispy figure who is literally fading away. " -- simon cooke, "whistler as an illustrator". Date: 1862. Medium: wood engraving. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Illustration to "The Relief Fund in Lancashire" (Once a Week) MET DP814212