The Morning Before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew (for "Once a Week," August 16, 1862) 1862 After James McNeill Whistler American In 1862 Whistler designed four wood engravings for the London periodical "Once a Week." Many of his Pre-Raphaelite friends were illustrating poems and short stories at this moment and the decade proved to be the start of a new flowering of British illustration. Founded in 1859, "Once a Week" supported the movement and was known as a "journal of the younger men." Whister's image responds to a poem by George Walter Thornbury that evokes the persecution of Protestants
The Morning Before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew (for "Once a Week," August 16, 1862) 1862 After James McNeill Whistler American In 1862 Whistler designed four wood engravings for the London periodical "Once a Week." Many of his Pre-Raphaelite friends were illustrating poems and short stories at this moment and the decade proved to be the start of a new flowering of British illustration. Founded in 1859, "Once a Week" supported the movement and was known as a "journal of the younger men." Whister's image responds to a poem by George Walter Thornbury that evokes the persecution of Protestants in 17th century France. This is a proof for a wood engraving published August 16, The Morning Before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew (for "Once a Week," August 16, 1862) 823576
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