Rupert Shepherd, British 1909-1992 - Portrait of Captain Fry Goldie Taubman,1948; oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right 'Rupert Shepherd 1948', 61 x 50.6 cm (ARR) Note: a fine Slade School trained artist, Rupert Shepherd showed with the London Group and with the Euston Road painters, making his first solo show by 1939 - during this year he painted two portraits of the poet, Dylan Thomas, which were purchased by the National Portrait Gallery.