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The World of Pooh

Drawing
ca. 1957 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sketch for a colour illustration to The World of Pooh.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe World of Pooh (series title)
Materials and techniques
pencil drawing
Brief description
[Owl flying above the flood], preliminary sketch for illustration to The World of Pooh, facing p. 137, pencil drawing by E. H. Shepard, ca. 1957
Physical description
Sketch for a colour illustration to The World of Pooh.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 38cm
  • Mount width: 53.5cm
  • Sheet height: 11.6cm
  • Sheet width: 20.3cm
Credit line
Gift of E.H. Shepard
Object history
The World of Pooh contains Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, with their original illustrations and eight new colour plates. It was published by E. P. Dutton, New York, 1957 and Methuen and Co. Ltd, London, 1958. The page numbers given refer to the English edition.
Bibliographic reference
E.521 to E.792-1973 are a catalogue of folios containing 271 sheets of sketches for illustration by Ernest Howard Shepard. These are comprised of the following titles, written by A. A. Milne, published by Methuen and illustrated by the artist. When We Were Very Young Winnie-the-Pooh Now We are Six The House at Pooh Corner They were initially lent by the artist to the museum for the travelling exhibition 'Winnie-the-Pooh' in 1969-70 and were afterwards given to the museum by Mrs Norah Shepard on behalf of her husband. Also included in the gift were 25 proofs of illustrations, 9 letters and 4 manuscripts by the artist, A. A. Milne, and others. At the same time Mrs Shepard gave a further 9 sheets of illustrations to works by A. A. Milne (E.833 to E.841-1973) and 87 sheets of topographical and other drawings from sketchbooks by the artist (E.1826 to E.1912-1973).
Collection
Accession number
E.769-1973

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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