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Surname	Shepherd	Alternative Surname
First Name	Vincent	Initial of Surname	S
Year of Birth/Baptism	1750	Flourished
Year of Death	1812
Biographical Details	He was ‘workman and architect’ to the Duke of Northumberland and carried out a considerable amount of stone-carving for his patron. In the choir of Alnwick church he executed ‘a piece of Gothic trellis work, which for elegance of fancy and superiority of workmanship has seldom been equalled and perhaps never excelled’ (1). He died at Alnwick, and the author of his obituary opined ‘in the sublime walks of the Gothic, he stood without a rival in the county of Northumberland. In his intercourse with the world, he was peculiarly placid and engaging; and in the relative duties of father, husband, and friend, few characters have been more exemplary ’(GM, 1812, 601). Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 350