Charles Shannon original artwork and lithographs Series 1.
1892-1917
Box MS.1951.023 Bx 1, Folder 5
Repeated bend
1892
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
Scope and Contents
Inscription in lower right corner: C.H. Shannon R 11. Published in The Dial, no. 2 (1892).
Box MS.1960.017 Bx 1, Folder 4
White nights
1893
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 13 1/2 x 9 in.
Scope and Contents
Inscription C.H. Shannon. Published in The Dial, no. 3 (1893).
Box MS.1960.017 Bx 1, Folder 3
The three sisters
1894
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 8 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.
Scope and Contents
Inscription: C.H. Shannon. Published in Portfolio No. 2 (1894).
Box MS.1960.017 Bx 1, Folder 2
Biondina
1894
Physical Description: 2 prints: black & white lithograph; image 8 1/2 x 10 in
Scope and Contents
2 copies, printed on different papers. Inscription: C.H. Shannon. Published in L'estampe originale, Paris (1894).
Box MS.1960.017 Bx 1, Folder 1
The wood engraver
1894
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 6 3/4 x 6 7/8 in
Scope and Contents
Portrait of Charles Ricketts. Inscription Charles H. Shannon. Published in Portfolio no. 2 (1894).
Box MS.1951.023 Bx 1, Folder 1
The little Venus
1895
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; image 16 x 12 cm
Scope and Contents
Inscription in lower right: C.H. Shannon, R40.
Box MS.1951.023 Bx 1, Folder 6
The stone bath
1895
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 6 1/8 x 4 3/8 in.
Scope and Contents
Inscription in lower right corner: C.H. Shannon. Published in The Savoy, no. 3 (1896).
Box MS.1960.017 Bx 1, Folder 6
E.J. van Wisselingh
1895
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in
Scope and Contents
Inscription: C.H. Shannon. Published in Portfolio No. 3 (1895) as "A portrait sketch."
Box MS.1960.017 Bx 1, Folder 7
Le fumeur
1895
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 10 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.
Scope and Contents
Inscription: C.H. Shannon. Published by Portfolio No. 3 (1895) as "A portrait sketch."
Box MS.1951.023 Bx 1, Folder 4
The nursery floor
1896
Physical Description: 1 print: red lithograph; image 8 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
Scope and Contents
Inscription in lower right corner: C.H. Shannon. Published in L'estampe, Paris.
Box MS.1960.017 Bx 1, Folder 8
W.L. Hacon
1896
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 14 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.
Scope and Contents
Inscription: Charles Shannon. R42 W.L. Hacon.
Box MS.1951.023 Bx 1, Folder 2
The dressing-room
1897
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 5 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Scope and Contents
Inscription in lower right corner: C.H. Shannon. Published in The dial, no. 5 (1897).
Box MS.1951.023 Bx 1, Folder 3
After the bath
1897
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 6 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.
Scope and Contents
Inscription in lower right corner: C.H. Shannon.
Box MS.1960.017 Bx 1, Folder 9
The infancy of Bacchus
1897
Physical Description: 1 print: green lithograph; image diameter 10 in.
Scope and Contents
Published in The dial, no. 5 (1897).
Box MS.1960.017 Bx 1, Folder 10
The morning visit
1906
Physical Description: 2 prints: one black & white lithograph, one green lithograph; 9 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.
Scope and Contents
Green lithograph as issued to subscribers of The Burlington magazine in 1906, signed CHS on stone. Black-and-white lithograph
signed in pencil, with inscription : "Morning visit R.68. Early state (bef borderline was strengthened at top)."
Box MS.1960.017 Bx 1, Folder 5
The toilet (a fan)
1906
Physical Description: 1 print: sanguine lithograph; 5 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.
Scope and Contents
Inscription: Charles Shannon no. 64, 1st state. Title inscribed in Shannon's hand on verso.
Box Clark Artwork 16A, Folder 9
Wise and foolish virgin
1917
Physical Description: 1 drawing: charcoal and crayon on gray paper; 15 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Scope and Contents
Likely a study for Shannon's 1919-1920 painting "The wise and foolish virgins." Inscription at bottom of page:" CS 1917. Wise
& foolish virgin." Purchase, David Magee, 1960 (MS.1960.018).
Collaborative works Series 2.
1893
Box MS.1965.003 Bx 1-2
Daphnis and Chloe
1893
Physical Description: 32 prints: black and white woodcuts; various sizes, mounted to 12 1/2 x 19 in.
Scope and Contents
Partial set of signed and annotated trial proofs (32 of a set of 37) by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon for Vale Publications'
edition of the George Thornley translation (1657) of Daphnis & Chloe. Includes proofs of plates 1-4, 6-25, 28-33, 36-37.
Accession #'s: MS.1965.003-plates 1, 2, 4, 10-13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 28, 31, 37; MS.1968.009-plates 7, 14, 17, 22, 25, 32; MS.1968.010-plates
3, 9, 19, 21, 23, 33; MS.1969.001-plates 6, 8, 24, 29, 30, 36
Posthumous miscellany Series 3.
about 1940-1950
Box MS.1963.009 Bx 1, Folder 6
Guests at Daphnis & Chloe's Wedding Feast
194-?
Physical Description: 2 copies.
Scope and Contents
Keepsake printed by Harold Seeger and Albert Sperisen for members of the Roxburghe Club. Text printed below image taken from
C.J. Holmes' Self & partners, explains that the illustration, from the Vale Press Daphnis and Chloe (London, 1893), is a portrait
group featuring Ricketts, Holmes and five of their friends.
