Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.0305
The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1862
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and ink, pencil and wash
Support: unknown
Size: unknown (wood engraving 152 x 102 mm, 6 x 4")
Signature: 'Whistler'
Inscription: none

The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew

Swain after Whistler, The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew, Once a Week, 1862
Swain after Whistler, The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew, Once a Week, 1862

The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew dates from 1862. It was engraved by Joseph Swain and published in Once a Week on 16 August 1862 as an illustration to the poem 'Lady Mabel's lovers' by George Walter Thornbury (1828-1876).

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 305).

Last updated: 11th March 2021 by Margaret