Clifford’s Inn Hall, Fleet Street

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

Thomas Hosmer Shepherd was born in London; the son of a watchcase maker. His elder brother was watercolourist George Sidney Shepherd, with whom he collaborated in 1813 on street views for Ackermann’s ‘Repository of the Arts’. He went on to build his reputation on depictions of fashionable cities. He made numerous sketching tours and, in 1818, visited France. He worked for Jones & Co. (1826-31), producing some 450 plates for the firm in total. He also worked as a drawing master. After 1842 he received regular commissions from the ‘Illustrated London News’ but still struggled financially. Collector Frederick Crace commissioned numerous watercolours of London sites from the artist (now in the British Museum). He died in Islington, aged c. 71.

Places

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, dog, man, woman, walking stick, railing, Inn of Court, archway, hall, door, window, chimney, clock tower

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1791 - 1864)
John James Hinchliff

Title

Clifford’s Inn Hall, Fleet Street

Date

14 August 1830

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Presented by Dr. Peter Rusk, November 1971

GAC number

9478