Thomas Shepherd, St Martin's Church from Pall Mall East
Artist: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (British 1792-1864).
Title: The New Opening to St Martin's Church from Pall Mall East (Circa 1827).
Medium: Pen and Ink on laid paper with a crowned fleur-de-lys watermark. Notation right-hand side recto, traces of former mount.
Image Size: Height 18 cm x Width 29 cm. (Note: This item is not framed but is mated with acid-free mount board).
Condition: Very good condition, fold to centre of drawing some minor blemishes to the sheet, good clear margins around the drawing, annotation lower right-hand side.
Provenance: Private Collection London.
About: A fine pen and Ink drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, circa 1827. Shepherd was a topographical watercolour artist, well known for his architectural paintings. Thomas was the brother of topographical artist George “Sidney” Shepherd, Thomas was employed to illustrate architecture in London, and later Edinburgh, Bath and Bristol. Shepherd’s work, mostly topographical, is characterised by an attention to detail, along with lifelike scenes that contained people, carriages and horses. He worked mostly for Frederick Crace, who employed him to paint old London buildings prior to their demolition, with much of the work surviving in the Crace collection at the British Museum.
The modern-day location of this work is Trafalgar Square, London and the first set of stables to be referred to as mews were at Charing Cross at the western end of The Strand.The royal hawks were kept at this site from 1377 and the name originates from the fact that they were confined there at moulting time ("mew" being derived from the French verb "muer", to moult). The structure was destroyed by fire in 1534 and rebuilt as a stable, keeping its former name. An engraving was later made of this drawing by renowned British engraver H.W. Bond which is held in the V&A Museum London.
Artist: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (British 1792-1864).
Title: The New Opening to St Martin's Church from Pall Mall East (Circa 1827).
Medium: Pen and Ink on laid paper with a crowned fleur-de-lys watermark. Notation right-hand side recto, traces of former mount.
Image Size: Height 18 cm x Width 29 cm. (Note: This item is not framed but is mated with acid-free mount board).
Condition: Very good condition, fold to centre of drawing some minor blemishes to the sheet, good clear margins around the drawing, annotation lower right-hand side.
Provenance: Private Collection London.
About: A fine pen and Ink drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, circa 1827. Shepherd was a topographical watercolour artist, well known for his architectural paintings. Thomas was the brother of topographical artist George “Sidney” Shepherd, Thomas was employed to illustrate architecture in London, and later Edinburgh, Bath and Bristol. Shepherd’s work, mostly topographical, is characterised by an attention to detail, along with lifelike scenes that contained people, carriages and horses. He worked mostly for Frederick Crace, who employed him to paint old London buildings prior to their demolition, with much of the work surviving in the Crace collection at the British Museum.
The modern-day location of this work is Trafalgar Square, London and the first set of stables to be referred to as mews were at Charing Cross at the western end of The Strand.The royal hawks were kept at this site from 1377 and the name originates from the fact that they were confined there at moulting time ("mew" being derived from the French verb "muer", to moult). The structure was destroyed by fire in 1534 and rebuilt as a stable, keeping its former name. An engraving was later made of this drawing by renowned British engraver H.W. Bond which is held in the V&A Museum London.
Artist: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (British 1792-1864).
Title: The New Opening to St Martin's Church from Pall Mall East (Circa 1827).
Medium: Pen and Ink on laid paper with a crowned fleur-de-lys watermark. Notation right-hand side recto, traces of former mount.
Image Size: Height 18 cm x Width 29 cm. (Note: This item is not framed but is mated with acid-free mount board).
Condition: Very good condition, fold to centre of drawing some minor blemishes to the sheet, good clear margins around the drawing, annotation lower right-hand side.
Provenance: Private Collection London.
About: A fine pen and Ink drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, circa 1827. Shepherd was a topographical watercolour artist, well known for his architectural paintings. Thomas was the brother of topographical artist George “Sidney” Shepherd, Thomas was employed to illustrate architecture in London, and later Edinburgh, Bath and Bristol. Shepherd’s work, mostly topographical, is characterised by an attention to detail, along with lifelike scenes that contained people, carriages and horses. He worked mostly for Frederick Crace, who employed him to paint old London buildings prior to their demolition, with much of the work surviving in the Crace collection at the British Museum.
The modern-day location of this work is Trafalgar Square, London and the first set of stables to be referred to as mews were at Charing Cross at the western end of The Strand.The royal hawks were kept at this site from 1377 and the name originates from the fact that they were confined there at moulting time ("mew" being derived from the French verb "muer", to moult). The structure was destroyed by fire in 1534 and rebuilt as a stable, keeping its former name. An engraving was later made of this drawing by renowned British engraver H.W. Bond which is held in the V&A Museum London.