Title: Distant View of Reading Artist: George Shepherd Date of Work: 1819 (date is approximate) Medium: painting : watercolour Dimensions: 340mm x 300mm x 15mm   Caption: Distant view of Reading, by George Shepherd, c1819. Shepherd was a highly professional topographic artist. The Museum collection includes a drawing by him of the same view which was subsequently made into an engraving in 1824.   Object Number: 1984.12.1 Acknowledgements: Purchased with assistance from The Victoria and Albert Purchase Grant Fund and Reading Foundation for Art Copyright: Image : Reading Borough Council / Intellectal : n/a   Back