Kathleen Shackleton

Kathleen Shackleton MBE (5 February 1884 – 10 July 1961) was an Irish portrait painter and journalist.

Shackleton was educated in Sydenham Girls’ High School.

In 1934, she testified in a murder trial, having heard screams near Cap-des-Rosiers [fr], a cliff in Gaspe, while sketching there the previous year.

[2][3] Shackleton also traveled around Canada supported by various companies and produced portraits of their employees.

[4] By 1950 Shackleton had returned to Europe where she worked and lived with her sister Gladys.