Sir James Jebusa Shannon, R.A., R.B.A., R.H.A.

The artist’s estate and thence to his daughter Kitty Keigwin and her husband Walter Skarrat Keigwin and thence by descent to their daughter Julia

London, Leicester Galleries, Paintings by the Late James J. Shannon, R.A., 1923, no.14

STRUCTURE Original canvas. Small areas of craquelure to the red curtains and a light surface scratch near the lower left edge. In good overall condition and will benefit from a light clean. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT Under UV light there appear to be no signs of retouching. FRAME Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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It is said that the subject of The Green Apple was a beautiful young woman who had been a professional artist’s model before marrying a man of high rank and moving abroad. On a visit to London she visited Shannon’s studio without her husband and was persuaded to pose one more time for the artist. She agreed to pose naked for Shannon on the strict understanding that her husband would not hear of her nude posing.