![172Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863-1937) Portrait of Ronald Firbank (1886-1926), coloured chalks, [c. 1909]](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/4a68df9b-57f3-ef11-9345-7c1e5265067b/abf7e354-1ef5-ef11-9345-6045bd122cb8.webp "172Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863-1937) Portrait of Ronald Firbank (1886-1926), coloured chalks, [c. 1909]")
Lot 172
Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863-1937)
Portrait of Ronald Firbank (1886-1926), coloured chalks, [c. 1909]
Hammer Price: £3,500
Description
Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863-1937)
Portrait of Ronald Firbank (1886-1926)
Coloured chalks, on prepared paper, signed with initials ‘CS’ in the lower right corner, 255 x 195 mm (10 1/8 x 7 5/8 in), under glass, framed, [c. 1909]
Provenance:
Probably Ronald Firbank (1886-1926)
Illustrated:
Dust jacket of Ronald Firbank's, Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli, published by Grant Richards, 1926
⁂ Paul van Capelleveen notes that 'no letters or accounts of the meeting between [Shannon] and [Firbank] have survived, and we must make do with second or third-hand testimony... [Probably the first time they met was when] Oscar Wilde's son, Vyvyan Holland, came of age in November 1907 and Robert Ross organised a dinner party for him. Among the twelve guests were Ronald Firbank, Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon. It was probably the first time Shannon and Firbank had met; the former came from the artistic circles around Ross, the latter from Holland's Cambridge student life.'
Description
Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863-1937)
Portrait of Ronald Firbank (1886-1926)
Coloured chalks, on prepared paper, signed with initials ‘CS’ in the lower right corner, 255 x 195 mm (10 1/8 x 7 5/8 in), under glass, framed, [c. 1909]
Provenance:
Probably Ronald Firbank (1886-1926)
Illustrated:
Dust jacket of Ronald Firbank's, Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli, published by Grant Richards, 1926
⁂ Paul van Capelleveen notes that 'no letters or accounts of the meeting between [Shannon] and [Firbank] have survived, and we must make do with second or third-hand testimony... [Probably the first time they met was when] Oscar Wilde's son, Vyvyan Holland, came of age in November 1907 and Robert Ross organised a dinner party for him. Among the twelve guests were Ronald Firbank, Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon. It was probably the first time Shannon and Firbank had met; the former came from the artistic circles around Ross, the latter from Holland's Cambridge student life.'
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