| Description | Formal portraits of Harriet Jessie Lee Shepard, E. H. Shepard's mother. She was the daughter of William Lee, R.A., a prominent watercolourist. Her family had ties to the upper eschelons of the contemporary artistic and theatrical world: Ellen Terry and Arthur Sullivan were frequent visitors, and the Dicksee family were close friends of the family (Frank Dicksee, R.A., would become a mentor to E. H. Shepard). |