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Painting of the artist in dark clothing
Self-portrait, 1897

Charles Shannon (Charles Hazelwood Shannon RA, 1863–1937), was an artist and the life partner of Charles Ricketts.

Shannon was born at Sleaford in Lincolnshire, the son of a clergyman, and attended the South London School of Technical Art in Kennington, where he met his partner Charles Ricketts. They lived together in Chelsea for many years.

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