Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 304) as 'The Relief Fund in Lancashire'.

Journals 1855-1905

• Whistler, J. A. McN., wood engraving after, 'The Relief Fund in Lancashire. A Commendation', Once a Week, vol. 7, 26 July 1862, p. 140.

Books on Whistler

• MacDonald, Margaret F., 'Joanna Hiffernan and James Whistler: an Artistic Partnership' in Margaret F. MacDonald (ed.), The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and Washington, 2020, pp. 15-31.
• de Montfort, Patricia, ' “A Great Sensation”: Women in White in Late Victorian Literature and Popular Culture' in Margaret F. MacDonald (ed.), The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and Washington, 2020, pp. 147-156.