Grip cartoon "The Journalistic Cowboy", 15 December 1883

Cartoonist and political commentator J.W. Bengough, dubbed Sheppard "The Journalistic Cowboy"in this cartoon - a reference to the early years Sheppard reportedly spent as a cowboy in the U.S. and Mexico (Sheppard continued to wear string ties and other cowboy attire) and an allusion to his unbridled support of American republicanism and independence for Canada.
Illustration from Grip. Vol. XXI.-- No. 25.