Charles Ricketts & Charles Shannon

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

601. A Vale Press Collector: Constance Astley (1)

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A wealthy but lesser-known collector of the Vale Press was Constance Astley. There are few records about her. Incidentally, there are at lea...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

600. The Art Collection of Ricketts and Shannon

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Blogpost number 600 is a contribution written by Helen Ritchie, Senior Curator Modern & Contemporary Applied Arts at the Fitzwilliam Mus...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

599. A Blog about Ricketts?

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On a personal note, when I started this blog about Ricketts and Shannon, there were two comments I received and both surprised me. The first...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

598. Ricketts Becomes a Penguin

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One day in March 1900, Charles Ricketts went to Kew and saw the penguins. The writers 'Michael Field', recalled in their diary notes...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

597. Ricketts, Shannon and Wilde's Manuscripts

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A new research source on Oscar Wilde came online in April last year: 'Oscar Wilde. An Annotated Bibliography of Manuscripts and Their Pr...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023

596. The Dial in Italy

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In some European countries, such as Belgium and the Netherlands, Ricketts and Shannon's early publications were noted, and sometimes mor...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

595. Ricketts and Shannon Playing

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It may seem at times that Ricketts and Shannon did nothing but work seriously and hard in their studio, or build exhibitions, participate in...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

594. Ricketts Interviewed about the Restriction of the Exportation of Works of Art

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At the beginning of the 20th century, significant works of art came onto the market, partly as a result of taxes that forced new generations...
Wednesday, December 14, 2022

593. A Vale Press Collector: Robert Leighton

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The bookbinder and antiquarian bookseller Walter James Leighton whose collection I discussed last week is probably not (directly) related t...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

592. A Vale Press Collector: Walter James Leighton

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Among the renowned Leighton family of bookbinders was Walter James Leighton  (1850-1917), a bookseller and bookbinder, who came to work for ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

591. The Irish Side of Charles Shannon

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This week's blog is written by John Aplin, who, with a little help from me, is editing Charles Ricketts's letters for publication. I...
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