拍品專文
Alfred was the son of the artist George Shepherd (1784-1862) and brother of T.H. Shepherd (1793-1864). Fanny Shepherd was his younger sister who in the 1850s kept her father's house in Upper Seymour Street.
Pig sticking before the Hillfort of Assearghur in Khandeesh
細節
Alfred Hamden Shepherd, circa 1843
Pig sticking before the Hillfort of Assearghur in Khandeesh
signed with initials 'A S' (lower right overmounted) and with inscription 'Hillfort of Asseesghur/in Khandeesh/Given to Miss Fanny Shepheard [sic] by Alfred' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of gum arabic
9 x 12.7/8 in. (22.9 x 32.8 cm.); and a view of Aurungabad in the Deccan by the same hand (2)
Pig sticking before the Hillfort of Assearghur in Khandeesh
signed with initials 'A S' (lower right overmounted) and with inscription 'Hillfort of Asseesghur/in Khandeesh/Given to Miss Fanny Shepheard [sic] by Alfred' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of gum arabic
9 x 12.7/8 in. (22.9 x 32.8 cm.); and a view of Aurungabad in the Deccan by the same hand (2)