Lot Essay
Sheard's work shows a marked preponderance for the depiction of whimsical floral subjects and blossom, but he also liked to attempt Wagnerian themes such as The Funeral Pyre of Sigurd and Brynhild, his Royal Academy exhibit of 1909, no.349, sold from the collection of Mr and Mrs Rod Stewart at Sotheby's New York, 26 May 1994.