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James Jebusa Shannon Painting a Portrait of the Young John Manners

Violet Marchioness of Granby Manners

1897

ink

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century Portrait

Dominant colour

James Jebusa Shannon Painting a Portrait of the Young John Manners is a 1897 ink by Violet Marchioness of Granby Manners, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Violet Marchioness of Granby Manners
When & what style?: 1897 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This sketch shows two people in a dim, sketchy room. On the left, a woman in a long dress stands next to a pedestal, her back turned. On the right, a man in a jacket and mustache holds a cigarette and points toward her, like he’s explaining something. The lines are loose and quick, with some shading but mostly just pencil marks. The woman is the artist, Violet Manners, drawing the man’s portrait. The paper looks old, with faint gray wash and some smudges—it feels like a quick study, not a finished work. If you like this sketchy style, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.