A South View of Somerset House from Waterloo Bridge

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  • About the artist
    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.
    Joseph Constantine Stadler was a prolific German émigré engraver of images after his contemporaries. His engravings are wide-ranging in subject matter and include landscapes, seascapes and portraits, as well as military, sporting and decorative subjects. Stadler was employed by the leading print publisher of the time, John Boydell (1720-1804). On 23 March 1799 Stadler married Ann Elizabeth Sandman at St Anne’s Church, Soho, in London. He was living in Knightsbridge when he died at the age of 73.
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    Materials & Techniques
    aquatint, coloured aquatint
  • Details
    Title
    A South View of Somerset House from Waterloo Bridge
    Date
    11 April 1817
    Medium
    Coloured aquatint
    Acquisition
    Transferred from HM Revenue and Customs, 2017
    Provenance
    Bought by subscription for Inland Revenue, Somerset House, before 1929; transferred to GAC, 2017
    GAC number
    0/176