These are some of the things humans have managed to do over the years.
Today's featured piece of art comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, New York. It is called The Relief Fund in Lancashire (for "Once a Week"), and was created by James McNeill Whistler. It is a proof for a wood engraving that was published July 26, 1862.
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