James Jebusa Shannon Painting a Portrait of the Young John Manners

1897

Violet Manners, Marchioness of Granby

Associated Names
Violet Manners Marchioness of Granby

Artist, British, 1856 - 1937

The image depicts an unfinished sketch of two individuals. On the left, a person is standing in a casual pose, leaning against a structure. The individual has detailed facial features and curly, shoulder-length hair, wearing period attire. On the right, another person is shown from the side, potentially painting with one arm extended forward and holding a palette. This individual has short hair and a mustache, dressed in a suit or smock. The surroundings feature an interior setting with an easel and architectural details like a pillar. The background is softly sketched for depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with touches of pen and brown ink on paper washed pale gray

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.8 × 29.1 cm (9 3/8 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.75.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Abbott and Holder, London); (Stephen Ongpin Fine Arts, London, by 2017); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

2018

  • Ongpin, Stephen. Master Drawings 2018. Stephen Ongpin Fine Arts, Ltd., London, 2018: no. 36b.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: John sitting to Shannon

Wikidata ID

Q64633838

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