Charles Ricketts & Charles Shannon

Sometimes serious publications make you wonder: where do collectors get their information from? Inadequate research results in silly mistake...

From 1892, Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon were thinking about books they wanted to illustrate and publish. Many of those original plan...

In August 1889 the first issue of  The Dial  appeared containing original art work and literary texts by the Vale group led by Charles Shann...

Laurence Irving (1897-1988) talked about his work as a stage and film designer for the Art Workers Guild in 1964. [See for his meeting Ricke...

Last Saturday, the book website Biblio sent out an advertisement. Until next Sunday, books can be purchased at a discount under the code wor...

In 1922, the artist, book-illustrator and (later) set-designer for films Laurence Irving came to the Keep at Chilham Castle near Canterbury,...

A week ago I received a copy of Articles from The Woman's World Edited by Oscar Wilde , a selection of thirty essays with introduction ...

In 1907, Addison B. LeBoutillier (1872-1951) - an architect, who was famous for his pottery, and also known for his drawings and etchings - ...

The Pageant. MDCCCXCVI,  edited by Charles Hazelwood Shannon and J.W. Gleeson White, was issued by the young London firm of Henry & Co. ...

Contacts between Ricketts and German artist Marcus Behmer have been the subject of blogs before (see in particular blog 624 'Charles Ric...

Charles Shannon sold lithographs, woodcuts and drawings during and after the large show in Munich at the Heinemann galleries in October 1907...

Galerie Heinemann in Munich did not send the unsold artworks back to London after the October exhibition in 1907. The works had been taken o...

Surprisingly, until recently, I had not come across this major exhibition of Ricketts and Shannon's work in 1907; the show has not been ...