It was in 1870, his biographer asserts, that his drawings were shown to Shirley Brooks and Mark Lemon:- "Mr. Clough thus records the incident: Bearing an introductory letter, he went up to London on a flying visit, carrying with him a sketch on wood and a small book of drawings of 'The Fancies of a Wedding.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
I had brought letters from Lowell to Tom Hughes, from Norton to Arthur Hugh Clough, from Agassiz to Professor Owen.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I"
William James Stillman
Of the people with whom I made acquaintance in London at this visit, those who most interested me were Clough and Owen.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I"
William James Stillman