These early works were exhibited at the Dudley Gallery, and the Society of British Artists, and in 1874 his painting Sleep and his Half-brother Death was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition.
Aceste lucrări timpurii au fost expuse la Galeria Dudley și la Royal Society of British Artists, iar în 1874 a fost expusă pictura „Somnul și fratele său vitreg Moartea” la expoziția de vară a Academiei Regale.