Sheppard Gallery

Group photo, Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, USA

Group photo of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They were an African-American a cappella ensemble who toured and performed to raise money for their college which was in danger of closing due to lack of funds. The singers pictured here are: Maggie Porter, E.W. Watkins, H.D. Alexander, F.J. Loudin, Thomas Rutling, Jennie Jackson, Mabel Lewis, Ella Sheppard, Maggie Carnes and America W. Robinson. Date: 1870s

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

The Old Man and the Sea

Illustration by Raymond Sheppard to The Old Man and the Sea - a novella by Ernest Hemingway, written in Cuba in 1951. The story focuses on Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. The marlin on the end of the line

© Mary Evans/Raymond Sheppard Collection

Boat, Captured, Caught, End, Ernest, Fish, Fisherman, Fishing, Hemingway, Historical, History, Line, Man, Marlin, Old, Raymond, Santiago, Sea, Sheppard, Swimming, Under Water

The Long, Long Drift

Illustration by Raymond Sheppard to an article entitled: The Long, Long Drift by John Prebble, relating to the The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17, also known as the Endurance Expedition. This feat is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. On 30th October 1915, a march started across the Antarctic ice, following the crushing of the Endurance between the ever-shifting ice plates - two of the ship's lifeboats were carried on sledges, as depicted in this illustration"

© Mary Evans/Raymond Sheppard Collection