Charles Ricketts. Ricketts and his life-time companion Charles Shannon were part of the literary and artistic circle that included Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde. The British artists first met as students in 1880 and remained together, sharing a small studio for 50+ years.
I first learned about these two men reading a blog post about Oswell Blaketon on the very interesting ultrawolvesunderthefullmoon.
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Hopefully they could be very happy in a country and a society in which at that time they could end up with their bones and their love in a forced labor prison just for loving each other…
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Very interesting blogpost, thanks for linking it. 🙂
We have a rich history, but not easily discovered.
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