476224 The Cotton Famine, illustration from \'The Illustrated London News\', 1862 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lancashire Cotton Famine was a depression in the textile industry of North West England betwen 1861-5, brought about by the interruption of baled cotton imports caused by the American Civil War. Caption read \'"distributing tickets for bread, soup, meat, meal, coal, etc., at the office of a district provident society, Manchester.); English, out of copyright.