1930s ‘Pretty Woman’ artist still in demand
Charles Gates Sheldon was a prolific and talented American illustrator whose ‘pretty woman’ stylised portraits in chalk pastels were much in demand in the 1920s and 30s. His work was initially distinctly Art Nouveau with a mix of Edwardian influences…
Willie Sheldon had the skills to navigate the divide
William Alexander Watson Sheldon (1907-1999) was an Irish politician who earned the respect and admiration of both sides of the country’s great political and religious divide. Despite being an Ulster Protestant…
An international Sheldon family of entertainers
MANY YEARS AGO a chance find in the 1881 UK census set me on the trail of a Sheldon family of entertainers that moved from England to Germany, the Netherlands and finally to New York…