Charles Ricketts & Charles Shannon

Following the blog about an early portrait of Charles Ricketts by Charles Shannon - see blog  578. An Early Portrait of Charles Ricketts by ...

After the publication of last week's blog, ' A Sketch by Charles Shannon ', the new owner of Shannon's drawing contacted me....

Last Monday, in the Gorringe's Weekly Antiques Sale, a not very large and apparently unsigned or dated sketch by Charles Shannon was sol...

For the first issues of the weekly Black and White a masthead (or nameplate in American English) was designed by Charles Ricketts in 1891. ...

A year ago, an enigmatic painting was auctioned at Christie's. At the time, I missed its advertisement as the 'property of a gentlem...

In February and March 1905, Ricketts and Shannon enjoyed vacations in Rome and Florence, and in August of that year they kept it closer to h...

During the summers, art historian Mary Berenson, who lived with her husband Bernhard Berenson at Villa I Tatti near Florence, visited her mo...

Ricketts and Shannon visited Venice at least three times, beginning in 1899, then in 1903 and in 1908; on the latter occasion staying at the...

On August 9, 1911, a heat record was set in the United Kingdom: a temperature of 36.7 degrees Celsius was recorded for the first time in his...

The summer of 1911 was hot. Edith Cooper and her aunt and lover Katharine Bradley - their nom de plume was Michael Field - had fled London a...

Heat waves and holiday traffic jams - it's time for an anthology of Charles Ricketts's letters with references to heat, summer and h...

In 1928  Robes of Thespis: Costume Designs by Modern Artists,  a book on modern costumes for plays, revues, operas and ballet, was published...

For the 1894 edition of Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe, completed by George Chapman, Charles Shannon produced one wood-engraving; ...

From 4 January to 9 March 1929, the 'Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900' was on view at Burlington House, home to the Royal Academy o...

When Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband was published, deluxe copies were sent  at the author's request to a small group of friends, in...