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Charles Shannon was born in Sleaford Lincolnshire. He studied wood engraving
at the Lambeth School of Art where he met his lifelong friend Charles
Ricketts. Together with Sturge Moore, the three formed the Vale Press
(1894-1904) which produced forty-eight books notable for their fine
design and quality. Rickett's and Shannon moved into Whistler's House
in the Vale, Chelsea. Oscar Wilde said of the place, 'A house where
you will never be bored.' Shannon and Ricketts produced a number of
engravings for Wilde's books, including The House of Pomegranates (1891).
Both Ricketts and Shannon were highly literary in outlook, sharing a
common aestheticism. They established a fine collection of Japanese
prints and had a love of eighteenth-century France. Their Oriental Collection
was left to the British Museum and their drawings and other objects
to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Shannon was a member of the Society
of Twelve and was elected ARA in 1911 and RA in 1921. The British Museum,
and Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his work.
A hauntingly beautiful series of superb lithographs
by Charles Shannon RA. One with the provenance of American businessman
F. E. Bliss (who was the father of the composer Sir Arthur Bliss). A
provenance shared with lithographs by Shannon in the Fitzwilliam Collection.
Indeed Ricketts wrote the preface to the catalogue of Bliss' collection.
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The toilet
1894
Lithograph printed in grey black
initialled and dated in the stone
signed and annotated in pencil by the artist
only state, edition of 45 impressions
265 x 217 mm. (plate)
References: Ricketts: 34; Delaney: 34
£650
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Mother and Child
1894
Lithograph printed in sanguine on Chine appliqué
signed and titled in pencil by the artist
only state, edition of 55 impressions
214 x 157 mm. (plate)
References: Ricketts: 22; Delaney: 22
slight discolouration at margins, and adhesion from old mount
£450
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Caresses
1894
Lithograph sanguine on Chine appliqué
signed and titled in pencil by the artist
only state, edition of 55 impressions
212 x 158 mm. (plate)
References: Ricketts: 21; Delaney: 21
SOLD
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Saltwater
1895
Lithograph printed in sanguine
initialled and dated in the stone
inscribed 'To Richard Hill' by the artist in pencil
only state, edition of 35 impressions
195 x 135 mm. (plate)
References: Ricketts: 36; Delaney: 36
trimmed and laid down to board, minor discolouration
at outer edge
£550
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Saltwater
1895
Lithograph printed in green on Van Gelder
initialled and dated in the stone
signed and titled in pencil by the artist
only state, edition of 35 impressions
195 x 135 mm. (plate)
Provenance: Bliss collection
(Lugt: 265), (with collector's stamp to lower margin)
References: Ricketts: 36; Delaney: 36
slight handling crease at extreme edge
SOLD
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Three Sisters
1894
Lithograph printed in bistre
initialled and dated in the stone
signed and annotated in pencil by the artist
only state, edition of 50 impressions
209 x 251mm. (plate)
References: Ricketts: 23; Delaney: 23
laid down to board, minor adhesion to extreme left edge
SOLD
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