<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokushona komyeni wakhe wokuqala, uThomas Henry Watkins, uPreston waqala umsebenzi wokuba umdwebi wezithombe ukuze azondle. Wazihlanganisa nabaculi be-Ashcan School futhi waveza imidwebo yabo futhi washada nomunye waleli qembu, uJames Moore Preston, ngo-1903. Bahamba ndawonye baya eYurophu, bachitha ihlobo eLong Island, futhi basebenza ndawonye ekulobeni indaba ethile kumagazini. Waba umdwebi wezithombe ophumelelayo kumagazini, njenge-Harpers Bazaar ne-The Saturday Evening Post, futhi wayengumdwebi wezithombe ophumelelayo. Ebhekwa njengomunye wabathwebuli bezithombe besifazane abahamba phambili phakathi kuka-1900 no-1940, uPreston wayengomunye wamalungu nabathwebuli bezithombe besifazane abambalwa be-Society of Illustrators, ngemuva kokwamukelwa ngoMashi 29, 1904 ngemuva kontanga uFlorence Scovel Shinn, u-Elizabeth Shippen Green, uViolet Oakley, noJessie Willcox Smith. Njengabo, wayeyilungu elihlangene kuphela njengoba ubulungu obugcwele babungavunyelwe kwabesifazane kuze kube ngawo-1920. Wabukisa ngo-1913 e-Armory Show futhi wathola indondo e-Panama-Pacific Exposition  <response>: ngo-1915. UPreston wayengomunye wabaculi abakhulu be-suffrage. Imisebenzi yakhe itholakala ezinqolobaneni eziningi zeminyuziyamu. Wazidlala ngokwakhe isahluko sefilimu yochungechunge oluthi Our Mutual Girl eyaboniswa ezinkundleni zemidlalo yaseshashalazini ngo-1915. 