SAINT BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY MASSACRE FRENCH WARS RELIGION ~ 1865 Art Print Engraving

Description: MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLEMEW Artist: Alonzo Chappel _________________ Engraver: Unknown IMAGE IS MUCH SHARPER AND CLEARER THAN SCAN SHOWS !! PERFECT FOR FRAMING AS AN ART PRINT FOR YOUR DEN !! VERY ANTIQUE & OLD WORLD LOOKING. ITEM(s) OVER 135 YEARS OLD!! The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre was a mass slaying of Huguenots (Protestants) in Paris, on St. Bartholomew's Day, August 24, 1572. In order to increase the royal power, the queen mother, Catherine de Médicis, attempted to play the French Roman Catholic faction, led by the house of Guise, against the Huguenot faction, led by the house of Condé. Jealous of the growing power of the Huguenot leader Gaspard de Coligny, adviser to her son, King Charles IX, Catherine ordered Coligny's assassination. The plot failed, however, and a number of Huguenot leaders who were gathered in Paris for the wedding of Catherine's daughter to Henry of Navarre, later King Henry IV of France, demanded an investigation. Because an investigation would have implicated his mother, Charles was persuaded by the queen to order the murder of the Huguenot leaders. The number killed cannot be determined with any accuracy; estimates vary from 2000 to 100,000. Coligny was among the first to fall. The massacre spread from Paris to the provinces, causing new religious wars. SIZE: Image size in inches is 5 1/2" x 7 3/4", overall page size is 6 1/2 " x 9 1/2". CONDITION: Condition is good. Nothing on reverse. Thick rag stock cardboard type paper. SHIPPING: Buyers to pay shipping/handling, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail. We pack properly to protect your item! An engraving is an intaglio process of printing, with the design to be produced is cut below the surface of the plate (made of copper, steel or wood), and the incised lines are filled with ink that is then transferred to paper. The portraits on our currency are good examples of engraved images. A Photogravure is an intaglio process in which the plate is produced photographically. Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, heliogravure, lithograph, plate, line drawing, photogravure etc. are ALL images that have been printed on paper. THIS IS AN ACTUAL STEEL ENGRAVING PRINTED IN THE 1860's! A RARE FIND!

Price: 9.99 USD

Location: New Providence, New Jersey

End Time: 2025-01-14T21:03:50.000Z

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