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JAMES JEBUSA SHANNON (1862- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 801 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAMES JEBUSA See also:SHANNON (1862- )  , Anglo-See also:American artist, was See also:born at See also:Auburn, New See also:York, in 1862; and at the See also:age of eight was taken by his parents to See also:Canada . When he was sixteen, he went to See also:England, where he studied at See also:South See also:Kensington, and after three years won the See also:gold See also:medal for figure See also:painting . His portrait of the Hon . Horatia Stopford, one of the See also:queen's maids of See also:honour, attracted See also:attention at the Royal See also:Academy in 1881, and in 1887 his portrait of See also:Henry See also:Vigne in See also:hunting See also:costume was one of the successes of the See also:exhibition, subsequently securing medals for the artist at See also:Paris, See also:Berlin and See also:Vienna . He soon became one of the leading portrait painters in See also:London . He was one of the first members of the New See also:English See also:Art See also:Club, and in 1897 was elected an See also:associate of the Royal Academy, and R.A. in 1909 . His picture, " The See also:Flower Girl," was bought in 19or for the See also:National See also:Gallery of See also:British Art .

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