Ernest Shepherd

Ernest Shepherd was a tall, thin, very gentleman-like man, with kind, humorous brown eyes hidden behind glasses, a drooping moustache and an immense capacity for caring about other people's feelings. The closest friend of...

Here, as well as at her London home, EA entertained new friends: writers Rose Macaulay , Somerset Maugham , and Michael Arlen , composer Ethel Smyth , and illustrator Ernest Shepherd .