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The Morning before the massacre of St. Bartholomew

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

American Art

MEDIUM Wood engraving on Japan paper
DATES 1862
DIMENSIONS Sheet: 6 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (15.6 x 13.3 cm) Image: 5 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (15.1 x 10 cm)
SIGNATURE Engraved inside of plate, lower right: "Whistler" and inside of plate, lower left: "Swain Sc[?]"
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 39.621
CREDIT LINE Dick S. Ramsay Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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