Claude Allin Shepperson studied at Heatherley’s School of Art and in Paris. He was a painter, printmaker and illustrator using most of the graphic media in his illustrations. He contributed drawings to many of the periodicals of the period c.1900-1920. and illustrated books in an accomplished and realistic manner. Martin Hardie lists twenty one etchings starting in 1911 in his article in Print Collectors Quarterly Vol.10 No.4.1923. Shepperson also executed a series of lithographs for “The Great War:Britain’s Efforts” in 1917. Elected ARWS:(1910) ARA:(1919) ARE:(1921).RI:(1900-05).RMS: (1900).and was a member of the London Sketch Club.