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Contributing Institution:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Title: Charles Shannon Collection
Creator:
Shannon, Charles, 1863-1937
Identifier/Call Number: Shannon Collection
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Date (inclusive): about 1890-1950
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:
English
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Collection is open for research.
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.
[Identification of item, Box and folder number], Charles Shannon Collection, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University
of California, Los Angeles.
This collection was acquired through various Clark Library purchases (accessions MS.1951.023, MS.1960.017, MS.1960.018), as
well as by the generous donation of Albert Sperisen (accessions MS,1965.003, MS.1968.009, MS.1968.010, MS.1969.001).
Processed by Katie Duvall, October 2010
Revised by Rebecca Fenning Marschall, August 2023.
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.
This collection includes lithographs by Charles Shannon, as well as other original artwork and 30 trial proofs created by
Shannon and Charles Ricketts for their publication of Daphnis and Chloe.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Lithography -- England -- 19th century
Woodcuts (prints)
Drawings (visual works) -- England -- 19th century
Book design -- England -- 19th century