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The relief fund in Lancashire
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1834-1903
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Inscription: Recto: upper centre, printed above image: 140 ONCE A WEEK. [JULY 26, 1862. / THE RELIEF FUND IN LANCASHIRE. / A COMMENDATION.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre, written in pencil above and right of 'ONCE A WEEK': Once a Week. / Vol VII
Inscription: Recto: lower right, written in pencil at bottom of image: Whistler
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: AN amateur dramatic performance took place / at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, on Wednesday, the 9th instant, in aid of the / funds for the relief of the present distress / in Lancashire. Mr. Wilkie Collins' drama of / "The Lighthouse," the burletta of "The Water- / man," and the well-known farce of "Betsy / Baker," were the pieces presented. In pursuance / of a strongly expressed request, these performances / passed unnoticed by the public journals, as the / gentlemen engaged were all amateurs, and among / them were several members of the public Civil / Service; but we are enabled to certify the entire / success of the representation, and that there / resulted some two hundred pounds, or more, to / be added to the "relief fund" for the Lancashire / weavers. Mr. Tennyson was requested to furnish / an introductory address; but, from a letter from / Farringford, the committee regretted to learn that / Mr. Tennyson had been "suffering so much that / it had been an effort even to sign his name, so / that to write anything for them has been out of / the question." The above Vignette was to have / accompanied his address. Failing the Poet / Laureate, at the last moment the Rev. T. J. Baty, / of Roehampton, wrote the following lines in / furtherance of this good object: / The echo of the wailing farther West / Sounds in our land; / And in her midst, with want opprest, / Our brothers stand. / Their voices clamour for the daily bread / They cannot gain. / And, oh, the fire of charity were dead, / Were it in vain. / Then honour every effort for their weal, / And ours to-night : / Our cause, at least, must your approval steal; / What though we act!—we feel; / And your fair presence here gives our poor effort might.
Stamp: Recto: left margin of cutting, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY
Inscription: Recto: lower left, typed: Wood engraving
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, typed: James McNeill WHISTLER
Inscription: Recto: lower left, typed: Publ. Once a Week, July 26 1862, p. 140
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M
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