Antique illustration of a Shanghai Pedlar Stocktaking by Inglis Sheldon Williams
Dorothea Margaret Sheldon-Williams (, Hampshire, England, 1873 d. Regina, Sask., Mar. 10, 1938) Dorothea came to Saskatchewan as a teenager with her widowed mother and other siblings and settled at Cannington Manor in 1888. The family remained there until 1892 and then returned to England. However, three of the siblings had a continuing relationship with Saskatchewan. Dorothea’s brother attended the Slade School of Art in London about 1896 and it is possible that Dorothea, too, attended the school, as she was a practising amateur artist throughout her life. She returned to Regina in 1910 and spent the rest of her life in that city, working as a stenographer for the Regina Court House. Her brother Inglis lived in Regina during the early war years, painted many official portraits, and became the head of the Regina College art department. Her elder sister Catherine E. Sheldon-Williams who had remained in Saskatchewan and had been an educator at Wolseley for some time moved to Regina in 1920. The two unmarried sisters maintained a household together until Dorothea’s death. They also worked tirelessly to keep alive the memory of their brother Inglis Sheldon-Williams’ reputation as an artist in the city. Catherine and Dorothea were active with the Regina LCW’s Arts Committee. There is a photograph of the two of them in Catherine’s entry in the Encylopedia of Saskatchewan Sheldon-Williams Collegiate in Regina is named after Dorothea’s sister Catherine.
Size: 4126px × 4960px
Location: Shanghai, China
Photo credit: © steeve-x-art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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