Shepperson (Matthew, 1785-1874). Portrait of Rev. John Mead Ray (1753-1837), Pastor of Sudbury Congregational Church, Suffolk, half-length oil on canvas portrait (relined), few areas of flaking paint, 118 x 95.5 cm (46.5 x 37.5 ins), recent gilt moulded frame, together with a matching mezzotint portrait of Rev. John Mead Ray painted by Mr Shepperson, engraved by Henry Darve, 4 Trafalgar Place, KentishTown, 35 x 25 cm (14 x 10 ins), framed & glazed, plus Ray (John Mead), A Sermon Preached at Witham in Essex, June 23, 1782, on the Occasion of the Death of the Revd. Charles Case..., 2nd edition, [1782], bound with Victory over Death. A Sermon, Preached at Sudbury, in Suffolk, April the 4th, 1790, on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Ray..., 1790, edges untrimmed, modern limp card covers, 8vo (Qty: 3) The Rev. John Mead Ray (1753-1839), born in Saffron Walden, March 12th, 1753, was pastor of Sudbury Congregational Church for 60 years. He died at Sudbury on January 11th, 1839. The artist Matthew Shepperson (1785-1874) attained fair success as a portrait copyist, and exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy between 1811 and 1821. He also taught painting in circles of nobility, mainly socially prominent young ladies. Circa 1823-24 he made a copy of John Hoppner's painting of Horatio Nelson, which is now in the collections of the National Maritime Museum. In August 2010, some of the paintings from Shepperson's collection (bequeathed to his heirs) were sold at auction; the lots included Velazquez's Portrait of a Gentleman, which sold for £3 million.
Shepperson (Matthew, 1785-1874). Portrait of Rev. John Mead Ray (1753-1837), Pastor of Sudbury Congregational Church, Suffolk, half-length oil on canvas portrait (relined), few areas of flaking paint, 118 x 95.5 cm (46.5 x 37.5 ins), recent gilt moulded frame, together with a matching mezzotint portrait of Rev. John Mead Ray painted by Mr Shepperson, engraved by Henry Darve, 4 Trafalgar Place, KentishTown, 35 x 25 cm (14 x 10 ins), framed & glazed, plus Ray (John Mead), A Sermon Preached at Witham in Essex, June 23, 1782, on the Occasion of the Death of the Revd. Charles Case..., 2nd edition, [1782], bound with Victory over Death. A Sermon, Preached at Sudbury, in Suffolk, April the 4th, 1790, on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Ray..., 1790, edges untrimmed, modern limp card covers, 8vo (Qty: 3) The Rev. John Mead Ray (1753-1839), born in Saffron Walden, March 12th, 1753, was pastor of Sudbury Congregational Church for 60 years. He died at Sudbury on January 11th, 1839. The artist Matthew Shepperson (1785-1874) attained fair success as a portrait copyist, and exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy between 1811 and 1821. He also taught painting in circles of nobility, mainly socially prominent young ladies. Circa 1823-24 he made a copy of John Hoppner's painting of Horatio Nelson, which is now in the collections of the National Maritime Museum. In August 2010, some of the paintings from Shepperson's collection (bequeathed to his heirs) were sold at auction; the lots included Velazquez's Portrait of a Gentleman, which sold for £3 million.
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