Finding Aid for the Charles Shannon Collection 1890-1917
Processed by Katie Duvall.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Shannon Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1890-1917
Collection number: Shannon Collection
Creator: Shannon, Charles
Haslewood 1863-1937
Extent:
50 items
(approximately 5 linear feet)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This collection contains visual material
created by Charles Shannon, an English artist, printer and lithographer
active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Physical location: Clark Library
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Clark Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library, UCLA as the owner of the physical items and is
not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder,
which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charles Shannon Collection, Shannon
Collection, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
This collection originated in accessions MS.1951.023, MS.1960.017,
MS.1960.018, MS,1965.003, MS.1968.009, MS.1968.010, MS.1969.001.
Processing History
Processed by Katie Duvall, October 2010
Biography
Charles Haslewood Shannon was born on April 26, 1863 in Quarrington,
Lincolnshire, England. He studied wood engraving at the Lambeth Art
School from 1881-1885. It was in this period he met his lifelong
partner, artist and printer, Charles de Sousy Ricketts.
The two lived in London, where together they founded an occasional
art journal, The Dial (1889-1897) and designed and illustrated books,
including Daphnis and Chloe (1893) and Hero and Leander (1894). In
partnership with wealthy lawyer William Llewellyn Hacon, Ricketts and
Shannon ran their own imprint, called the Vale Press, from 1896-1904.
The Vale Press published over eighty volumes.
In this period Shannon also developed his skills as a painter and
lithographer. Today, his paintings can be found in museum collections
around the world, including the Musee d'Orsay and the Tate. His body of
lithographic work contains more than 100 works and is considered a major
British contribution to printmaking.
In 1929, Shannon fell while hanging a picture in the home he shared
with Ricketts and suffered brain damage from which he never recovered.
He died in London on March 18, 1937.
Scope and Content
This collection contains visual material created by Charles Shannon,
an English artist, printer and lithographer active in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries. This collection includes lithographs and a
drawing. Also included are a substantial number of trial proofs of wood
engravings created by Shannon and Charles Ricketts for their publication
of Daphnis and Chloe.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Lithographs, 1892-1906. 15 items, 1 box
- Series 2. Drawings, 1917. 1 item
- Series 3. Vale Publications, 1893. 32 items, 2 boxes
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Vale
Press
Ricketts,
Charles S., 1866-1931
Genres and Forms
Book design
Drawings (visual
works)
Lithography
Printmaking
Woodcuts (prints)
Container List
Series 1.
Lithographs
1892-1906
Physical Description: 15 items, 1 box
Scope and Content Note
This series contains lithographs created by Charles Shannon.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically by date.
Box 1, Folder 1
Repeated bend
1892
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription in lower right corner: C.H. Shannon R 11. Published in
The Dial, no. 2 (1892).
Note
Accession #: MS.1951.023
Box 1, Folder 2
White nights
1893
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 13 1/2 x 9 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription C.H. Shannon. Published in The Dial, no. 3 (1893).
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.017
Box 1, Folder 3
The stone bath
1895
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 6 1/8 x 4 3/8 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription in lower right corner: C.H. Shannon. Published in The
Savoy, no. 3 (1896).
Note
Accession #: MS.1951.023
Box 1, Folder 4
The nursery floor
1896
Physical Description: 1 print: red lithograph; image 8 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription in lower right corner: C.H. Shannon. Published in
L'estampe, Paris.
Note
Accession #: MS.1951.023
Box 1, Folder 5
The three sisters
1894
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 8 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: C.H. Shannon. Published in Portfolio No. 2 (1894).
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.017
Box 1, Folder 6
Biondina
1894
Physical Description: 2 prints: black & white lithograph; images 8 1/2 x 10 in.,
one is unmounted, other is in white card mount 22 x 16 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription on unmounted print: C.H. Shannon. Mounted print is
unsigned. Published in L'estampe originale, Paris (1894).
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.017
Box 1, Folder 7
The wood engraver
1894
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 6 3/4 x 6 7/8 in., in
white card mount 22 x 16 in.
Scope and Content Note
Portrait of Charles Ricketts. Inscription Charles H. Shannon.
Published in Portfolio no. 2 (1894).
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.017
Box 1, Folder 8
E.J. van Wisselingh
1895
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., in
white card mount 22 x 16 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: C.H. Shannon. Published in Portfolio No. 3 (1895) as "A
portrait sketch."
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.017
Box 1, Folder 9
Le fumeur
1895
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 10 3/8 x 9 1/8 in., in
white card mount 22 x 16 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: C.H. Shannon. Published by Portfolio No. 3 (1895) as "A
portrait sketch."
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.017
Box 1, Folder 10
W.L. Lacon
1896
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 14 3/4 x 9 1/4 in., in
white card mount 22 x 16 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: Charles Shannon. R42 W.L. Lacon.
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.017
Box 1, Folder 11
The dressing-room
1897
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 5 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription in lower right corner: C.H. Shannon. Published in The
dial, no. 5 (1897).
Note
Accession #: MS.1951.023
Box 1, Folder 12
After the bath
1897
Physical Description: 1 print: black & white lithograph; 6 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription in lower right corner: C.H. Shannon.
Note
Accession #: MS.1951.023
Box 1, Folder 13
The infancy of Bacchus
1897
Physical Description: 1 print: green lithograph; image diameter 10 in.
Scope and Content Note
Published in The dial, no. 5 (1897).
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.017
Box 1, Folder 14
The morning visit
1906
Physical Description: 2 prints: black & white, green lithograph; 9 7/8 x 8 3/8
in., in white card mount 22 x 16 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription on b&w lithograph: Morning visit R.68. Early state
(before border line was strengthened at top). Charles Shannon. Green
lithograph is unsigned.
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.017
Box 1, Folder 15
The toilet (a fan)
1906
Physical Description: 1 print: sanguine lithograph; 5 1/2 x 16 1/4 in., in white
card mount 22 x 16 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: Charles Shannon no. 64, 1st state.
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.017
Series 2.
Drawings
1917
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Content Note
This series contains one drawing created by Charles Shannon.
Box 1, Folder 16
Wise and foolish virgin
1917
Physical Description: 1 drawing: watercolor and crayon on gray paper; 15 3/4 x 8 1/4
in., mounted on white board 21 x 13 in.
Scope and Content Note
Inscription: CS 1917. "Wise & foolish virgin."
Note
Accession #: MS.1960.018
Series 3.
Vale Publications
1893
Physical Description: 32 items, 2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains material created and published by Charles
Ricketts and Charles H. Shannon prior to the formal creation of the Vale
Press (1896-1904). This includes a series of woodcut proof prints for an
edition of the George Thornley translation of Daphnis and Chloe.
Arrangement
This series is arranged in order of plate number.
Box 2-3
Daphnis & Chloe
1893
Physical Description: 32 prints: black and white woodcuts; various sizes, mounted to
12 1/2 x 19 in.
Scope and Content Note
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.
Note
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
