The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0305
The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew
Date
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).
Images
Swain after Whistler, The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew, Once a Week, 1862
Subject
Sitter
Swain after Whistler, The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew, Once a Week, 1862
Joanna Hiffernan (b. ca 1843-d.1886)
Technique
Technique
The drawing is only known from the wood engraving.
History
Provenance
- 1862: the drawing was engraved by Joseph Swain and published in Once a Week, London, on 17 August.
There is no further record of it.
Exhibitions
The drawing was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 305) as 'The Morning before the Massacre of St Bartholomew'.
Journals 1855-1905
- Thornbury, Walter, 'The Morning Before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. August 1572', Once a Week, vol. 7, 16 August 1862, pp. 210-11, wood engraving by Joseph Swain repr. p. 210.
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.