David ShepherdThe Flying Scotsman 4472 Steam Train signed ltd ed1964
1964
About the Item
- Creator:David Shepherd (1931 - 2017, English)
- Creation Year:1964
- Dimensions:Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)Width: 37.33 in (94.82 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Condition:In overall very good condition, newly framed under glass.
- Gallery Location:Hillsborough, NC
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2069217297102
David Shepherd
David Shepherd was born in the UK in 1931. He was not only one of his generation’s most well-known artists, but also an outspoken preservationist. At the age of just eight years old, he won a painting competition for the magazine Nursery World, marking the beginning of his painting career. Yet, after his school years, he traveled to Kenya in the hopes of becoming a game warden. Though he was rejected, the trip would ignite his passions for wildlife and wildlife preservation. He continued to paint throughout his lifetime, and many of his canvases took as their subjects the wildlife that he had grown to love. In addition to his animal subjects, he also dedicated paintings to the locomotive. He was a famed collector of steam locomotives, devoting much of his time later in his life to the preservation of these powerful engines. Shepherd was heavily involved in the founding of a heritage steam railway, the East Somerset Railway, and owned a number of historic locomotives. Both his painting of animals and steam engines were remarkably popular amongst the collecting public, and they remain highly prized today.
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