Sir James Jebusa Shannon, R.A., P.R.B.A. (1862-1923)

The artist's brother, Tom

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Sir James Jebusa Shannon, R.A., P.R.B.A. (1862-1923)
The artist's brother, Tom
signed 'J.J. SHANNON' (upper right) and inscribed 'TO MY BROTHER TOM' (upper left) and further inscribed 'TO MY BROTHER' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas, unframed
23 ¾ x 29 in. (60.3 x 73.6 cm.)

Provenance

The artist's estate, and by descent.

Lot Essay

According to the artist’s daughter Kitty Shannon (author of For My Children, London, 1933), Tom Shannon, the artist’s younger brother, was an actor. It might have been he who is listed as having had two bit parts on Broadway (in A Princess of Kensington, 1903 and in The Gay White Way, 1907-1908).

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