An original vintage first edition print from 1925, after the pen and ink drawing by Hanslip Fletcher. With later hand colouring.
Shepherd Street is a historic thoroughfare located in the heart of Mayfair, London, within the City of Westminster.
The street and market were developed between 1735 and 1746 by architect Edward Shepherd. It was built on open ground that previously hosted the annual "May Fair," the historic event that gave the Mayfair district its name.
This is one of a series of 28 pen and ink illustrations of London by Fletcher Hanslip. They were originally published in the Sunday Times, and subsequently issued as books in 1925..
Hanslip Fletcher was an important artist during the twentieth century. He produced numerous sketches of London and other British towns and cities. This illustration shows London as it was in the 1920s.
Fletcher was a watercolour painter and printmaker with a special interest in London’s architecture.
Born in London, he was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School, and became a member of the Art Workers’ Guild. He lived in London all of his life.
Fletcher’s work featured regularly in London’s serious daily and Sunday newspapers, and he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Goupil Gallery, the royal Institution and in other London galleries.
