STUDIES OF FIGURES IN MARMITON COSTUME

© The Artist's Estate

STUDIES OF FIGURES IN MARMITON COSTUME

Charles Shannon (1863 – 1937)

Details

Dimension
27 X 41.8 CM
Media
CHARCOAL, HEIGHTENED WITH WHITE, ON PAPER
Accession number
P2405

Summary

The figures in this drawing are dressed in the uniform of 17th century kitchen servants, or marmitons. A painting on a similar subject is in the collection of the Tate (www.tate.org.uk).