
© 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).
Glossary
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Drawing
The depiction of shapes and forms on a flat surface chiefly by means of lines although colour and shading may also be included. Materials most commonly used are pencil, ink, crayon, charcoal, chalk and pastel, although other materials, including paint, can be used in combination.