This one has it all: sibling rivalry, country club politics, adultery, duels, the Civil War, Spanish colonial policy, three giant piles of bird poop, all connected by the greatest American painter of the 19th Century: James McNeill Whistler. Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/crepuscule-in-blood-and-guts/ Key sources for this episode include Daniel E. Sutherland's Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake; Nikolaus Pevsner's "Whistler's Valparaiso Harbour at the Tate Gallery"; William Columbus Davis's The Last Conquistadores: The Spanish Intervention in Peru and Chile, 1863-1866; and the personal correspondence of James McNeill Whistler. Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/ This week we're co-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Art Slice. Join artists Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker as they approach art history from an artist's perspective, without all the technical gibberish getting in the way. https://www.artslicepod.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Email: [email protected]