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George Shepherd (artist)
1784Dec, 5

George Shepherd (artist)

George Shepherd, English illustrator and painter (d. 1862)
George "Sidney" Shepherd (5 December 1784 – 1862) was a British draughtsman and watercolourist. At one time, George Shepherd and George Sidney Shepherd were thought to be two different people; it is now believed that they are one and the same person.

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