In Manchester on the 3rd of July, 1868—his first drawings were published in a serio comic paper called Will o' the Wisp; and in 1869, in another paper called The Sphinx, he had several pages of drawings reproduced. He was painting a little at the same time, making many hunting and other studies; they were chiefly for friends, but one picture was exhibited at the Manchester Royal Institution in 1869.
"Consider, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, the sad position in which my Client is placed—deserted by his Wife and left to support himself and tender Infant by his own Exertions."
Full Cry.