George "Sidney" Shepherd (1784–1862) was a British draughtsman and watercolour painter. At one time, George Shepherd and George Sidney Shepherd were thought to be two different people; it is now believed that they are one and the same person.

Shepherd was a topographical, architectural and landscape painter. Until 1793 he lived in France, returning to Britain on the outbreak of the Great French War. Shepherd was awarded a silver palette by the Society of Arts in 1803 and again in the following year.

He was a contributor to John Britton's The Architectural Antinquities of Great Britain, vol IV, in the early 19th century. See, for example, Tynemouth Priory, Ruins of East End.

He first married in 1812, Anna Sarah Lo...