Francis Newbery (Version 5)

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0270/v5
• Dates of Creation:1895
• Name of Creator:
  Shannan, Archibald Macfarlane
• Physical Description:
  1 image

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Shannan was a sculptor, builder's apprentice and architect. He was educated at Glasgow University, and apprenticed to his father, the builder Peter Shannan. Worked as an architect in West Africa and in the USA, then switched to a successful career as a sculptor. He trained at the South Kensington School and in Paris from 1884-1894.

• Note

  Shannan was a sculptor, builder's apprentice and architect. He was educated at Glasgow University, and apprenticed to his father, the builder Peter Shannan. Worked as an architect in West Africa and in the USA, then switched to a successful career as a sculptor. He trained at the South Kensington School and in Paris from 1884-1894.

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Fine arts

  Portraits

  Sculpture

• Personal Names

  Newbery, Francis Henry