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SN: 333
Watercolour
11 3/4 x 9 in. (30 x 23 cm)
Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.3
Sheppard frequently made drawings in the Natural History museum noting that one is able to concentrate when working on a piece of still life.... (Raymond Sheppard, More Birds to Draw, The Studio 1956, p. 34)
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SN: 335Pen and ink with wash on paper.
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (34.3 x 24 cm.)
Christine Sheppard, the artist's daughter.Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.17
Although best known as an illustrator, especially of magazines such as Lilliput, Picture Post and The Studio as well as of children’s books, Sheppard was one of the most gifted painters of wildlife of his generation. He was also an extremely diverse artist, producing semi-abstract and surrealist images alongside those of a purely realistic nature.
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SN: 3856
Black and white chalk, and pencil on paper.
22 x 22cm (31 x 31cm framed)
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SN: 3889
Watercolour
25 x 34.5 cm
Provenance: Christine Sheppard
Literature: Raymond Sheppard, Capturing the Moment, Langford Press, reproduced in colour, as The Sunday Afternoon Outing, p. 157.Born London 3 March 1913, Raymond Sheppard was an artist in water-colour, black and white, oil, and pastel.
Studied art at Bolt Court under S.G. Boxsius.
He exhibited: R.A; R.I; R.S.A and his work was reproduced regularly in publications including Lilliput ; The Studio, Picture Post, John Bull, Everybody’s ; in children’s books, nature books and calendars.Married Iris Gale on December 3rd 1942; had one daughter Christine born 17 March 1944, and one son Michael born 25th July 1946. All feature frequently as the models in his work. Lived in Kenton and then Harrow Weald, Middx.
He served in the RAF photographic section during the WW2. Despite long periods of ill health and the interruption of the War years he was, nevertheless, prolific in demonstrating his wide range of artistic ability as a master draughtsman, illustrator, and landscape and wildlife artist..Raymond Sheppard produced many studies of birds and animals from life, mainly at Regents Park Zoo and was made a Fellow of the Zoological Society in 1949.
Publications: How to Draw Birds (first published by Studio in 1940), Drawing at the Zoo (1949 Studio), More Birds to Draw (Studio 1956).He also painted landscapes, family portraits, in watercolour, oil, and pastels . He was a founder member of the Wapping Arts Group, a group of artists who sketched and painted by and around the river Thames in London, which was formed just before WW2 but did not start in earnest until 1946.
Raymond Sheppard died in London of cancer in 1958 with which he had battled since 1949.
Rayond Sheppards work has recently undergone a major reassessment being the subject of a number of museum and commercial shows and featured in the Langford Press coffee table book "Raymond Sheppard:Capturing the Moment"(2009).
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SN: 1590
Pen and ink on brown paper, with highlights in white
9 x 8 in.
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SN: 1591
Inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink,
3 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (9 x 8.5 cm).
Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.72
This appeared in Lilliput, (vol 41:4), Operation Jericho by Sandy Sanderson Literature: Lilliput, October 1957, vol 41:4, issue 244, p 25 (reproduced)
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Presentation: Framed
SN: 1593Inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink,
3 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (9 x 8.5 cm)Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.70
During the Second World War Sheppard worked in the Royal Airforce photographic section.
Provenance: The Artist's Estate
Similar images were reproduced in Lilliput, (vol 41:4) to illustrate the wartime story Operation Jericho by Sandy Sanderson.
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Presentation: Mounted
SN: 2094Ink and wash on paper
10 x 13 7/8 in. (25.5 x 35.5 cm.)Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.57
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SN: 2095
Black chalk with white chalk highlights on brown paper.
14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (36 x 24.2 cm.)
Christine Sheppard, the artist's daughter.
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SN: 2097Pen and ink on gesso prepared board
13 3/4 X 5 3/4 in. (35 x 14.5 cm)Literature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.85
This drawing appeared in the Young Elizabethan, (vol 9:1) as in illustration to Leave it to Jones by John Kippax Literature: Young Elizabethan, January 1956, vol 9:1, p. 21, (reproduced)
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Presentation: Mounted
SN: 2110Pen and ink over gouache on paper
5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (14 x 11.5 cm)Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.84
Literature:Lilliput, January/February 1952, vol30:1, issue 176, p. 73 (reproduced) This illustration appeared in Lilliput vol 30, to illustrate The great flight by BB (Dudley J. Watkins-Pitchford, the British children's and nature writer). The published version substituted turquoise for the orange of the original version.
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Presentation: Mounted
SN: 2111
Black chalk with white highlights, on brown paper.
9 7/8 x 6 15/16 in. (25.2 x 17.6 cm.)
Christine Sheppard, the artist's daughter.
Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.28
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Presentation: Unframed
SN: 2115
Oil on (Ashwin Sketching) board
10 x 14 in. (25.5 x 35.5 cm)
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SN: 2795
Inscribed in pencil Pen and ink with watercolour.
8 3/8 x 11 3/16 in. (21.3 x 28.5 cm.)
Christine Sheppard, the artist's daughter.
Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, p. 17
Sheppard frequently made drawings in the Natural History museum noting that one is able to concentrate when working on a piece of still life.... (Raymond Sheppard, More Birds to Draw, The Studio 1956, p. 34)
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SN: 2805
Black chalk with white highlights on blue paper
7 3/4 x 13 in. (20 x 33 cm)
Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.36
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SN: 3141
White, red and black chalk on blue paper,
7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (19 x 26cm.)
Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.50
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SN: 3315
Watercolour over pen and ink
7 x 10 in. (18 x 25 cm)
Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.64
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Presentation: Mounted
SN: 3616
Pencil
10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (26 x 35 cm)
Provenance: Christine Sheppard
Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.61
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Presentation: Framed
SN: 3654
Black and white chalk on blue paper
5 x 5 1/2 ins.
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SN: 3859Black chalk with white highlights on reddish paper.
5 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (13.5 x 13.5cm)Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.34
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SN: 2107Black chalk with white chalk highlights, on grey paper.
6 3/8 x 5 in. (16.2 x 12.5 cm.)
Christine Sheppard, the artist's daughter.Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.23
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SN: 3106
Red pencil on paper, 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (17 x 23.5 cm.)
(10 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (26 x 32.5 cm.) framed)
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SN: 3465
inscribed with title Pencil with crayon highlights.
12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (32 x 24 cm.)
Christine Sheppard, the artist's daughter.
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SN: 1592
Inscribed with title in pencil
Pen and ink,
3 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (9 x 8.5 cm.)
Literature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.71
This appeared in Lilliput, (vol 41:4), Operation Jericho by Sandy Sanderson Literature: Lilliput, October 1957, vol 41:4, issue 244, p 22 (reproduced)
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SN: 2102
Pencil with coloured crayon highlights
13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (35 x 25 cm)
Litterature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.37
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SN: 2454
Pen and ink on board prepared with gesso
11 × 11 in. (28 × 28 cm)
Provenance: Christine Sheppard, the artist’s daughter .
Literature: ‘Warneford,VC’, in Lilliput, March 1957, pp. 20–7.
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SN: 2455
Pen and ink on board prepared with gesso
13-3/4 × 7-7/8 in. (35 × 20 cm)
Provenance: Christine Sheppard, the artist’s daughter .
Literature: ‘Warneford,VC’, in Lilliput, March 1957, pp. 20–7.
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SN: 2577
Extensively inscribed with printing instructions
Pen and ink on board prepared with gesso
9-1/2 × 7-7/8 in. (24 × 20 cm)
Literature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.74
Provenance: Christine Sheppard, the artist’s daughter .
Literature: ‘Warneford,VC’, in Lilliput, March 1957, pp. 20–7.
This illustration, from 1957, was commissioned by Lilliput, a small-format British monthly magazine of humour , short stories, photographs and the arts, founded in 1937 by the photojournalist Stefan Lorant.The illustration records an important event in the FirstWorldWar , when on 31 May 1915, the LZ-38
became the first Zeppelin to bomb London: ‘we can still feel a macabre horror over the picture of a pencil-slim object slow-moving in the night-dark, licked by searchlights, seemingly immune to gunfire, slipping incredible death from its belly before gliding unharmed away’ (Lilliput).
Raymond Sheppard served with the Royal Air Force photographic section
from 1939–45.
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SN: 3467
Variously inscribed Pen and ink with watercolour.
10 x 14 in. (25.5 x 35.5 cm.)
Christine Sheppard, the artist's daughter.
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SN: 3880
Pastel on brown paper
8 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (21 x 32 cm)
Literature: Raymond Sheppard, Master Illustrator, Liss Fine Art, November 2010, Cat.35
