Education
Royal College of Artist
Royal College of Artist
His portrait of the Honorary Horatia Stopford, one of the queen"s maids of honour, attracted attention at the Royal Academy in 1881, and in 1887 his portrait of Henry Vigne in hunting costume was one of the successes of the exhibition, subsequently securing medals for the artist at Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. He soon became one of the leading portrait painters in London.
His picture, "The Flower Girl", was bought in 1901 for the National Gallery of British Artist
Shannon has paintings in the collection of a several British institutions including Sheffield, Derby Art Gallery, Glasgow Museum and Bradford Museum.
Royal Academy of Arts. Royal Society of Portrait Painters. National Academy Museum and School.
New English Art Club.