Thomas H. Shepherd

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St Paul's Cathedral
Middle Temple Hall 1830

Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (* 1792 ; † 1864 ) was a British watercolor painter , best known for his detailed depiction of buildings, often with lively street scenes showing people, horses and carriages. He worked in London and later in Edinburgh , Bath and Bristol . His drawings were the basis for numerous steel engravings , which also illustrated books.

Shepherd worked mainly for Frederick Crace (1799-1859), an interior designer and commissioner for sewers. Originally, he was supposed to record the buildings that were about to be demolished. But then he also drew the new buildings.

Shepherd's pictures today provide researchers with clues about building, architecture and history in the 19th century. Today many of these drawings are part of the Crace collection in the British Museum , but also through a single work that shows the reading room.

The private collection of Friedrich Crace (1799-1859) came to the British Museum through his son John Gregory Crace in 1878. The collection consists of around 1200 handwritten and printed maps and views from London from 1560 to 1860. This collection is one of the most varied and most important collections of London ever put together and has two parts:

- the maps are in the British Library Map Library,

- The views of the city with the drawings by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd are in the British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings.

His son Frederick Napoleon Shepherd (1819–1878) was also a painter.

George Sidney Shepherd (1784–1862) seems to have been Thomas' brother and also painted.

Bibliography (excerpt)

  • Metropolitan improvements: London in the nineteenth century , Co-author: James Elmes, London: Jones & Co., 1827
  • London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century , 1829
  • Bath and Bristol , 1829-30
  • London Interiors , 1841
  • Online books in google

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SURNAME Shepherd, Thomas H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British watercolor painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1792
DATE OF DEATH 1864