Guadalcanal stream, Guadalcanal Island

Original sepia pen and ink and wash sketch, signed and dated by Shannon, of a nude soldier washing his laundry while another soldier unbuttons shirt, standing near rushing stream; natives carrying supplies in background, upper right; Guadalcanal Island shortly after it was secured from the Japanese. Original sepia pen and ink and wash sketch, signed and dated by Shannon, of a nude soldier washing his laundry while another soldier unbuttons shirt, standing near rushing stream; natives carrying supplies in background, upper right; Guadalcanal Island shortly after it was secured from the Japanese. Shannon served as a war artist with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific War Art Unit in 1943. Later became picture editor and illustrator for the Army Information and Education Division, New York, 1944-1946.