family history – T E Shepherd

Great Aunt Blanche and Gunning King

Thomas — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:34:50 +0000

We have a portrait in our house of Great Aunt Blanche. To me she would have been Great great aunt Blanch as she was my Granpy’s aunt. Its a very good charcoal sketch and we’ve always known that the artist was apparently a member of the Royal Academy but we’ve not known much more than that. Blanche Geraldine Powney (1874–1952?) herself was married to a antique dealer in Colchester and we used to have some nice bits of furniture that she left my Granpy. This week, my Mum has discovered the identity of the artist, Gunning King, who was indeed a member of the Royal Academy and has quite a collection of paintings out there. I particularly like this painting of Corfe Castle, where some of my other family come from…

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Great Aunt Blanche and Gunning King

Thomas — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:34:00 +0000

This week, my Mum has discovered the identity of the artist, Gunning King, who was indeed a member of the Royal Academy and has quite a collection of paintings out there. I particularly like this painting of Corfe Castle, where some of my other family come from…

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Grannie, aged 25

Thomas — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:58:00 +0000

Driving home from Uncle Alan aunt Auntie Caroline’s this afternoon along the M40, I came through the hill above Princes Risborough, just at the right moment. The sun was setting, and spread out before me was the whole of Oxfordshire bathed in sunset – water colour shades of green, and mave and blue and orange – beautiful…

Grannie, aged 25 Originally uploaded by shepline on 30 Oct ’05, 8.13pm PST.

Grannie Shepherd
1915–2005

Grannie, aged 25 (c. 1941). The broach was a present from Grandpa but was lost soon after the photograph was taken.