Ashdown Forest background (where it all happened)
Drawing
1926 (made)
1926 (made)
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Illustration for the Winnie the Pooh books.
Object details
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| Title | Ashdown Forest background (where it all happened) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil drawing |
| Brief description | Winnie the Pooh, Ashdown Forest Background (where it all happened), pencil drawing by Ernest Howard Shepard, 1926 |
| Physical description | Illustration for the Winnie the Pooh books. |
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| Gallery label | Shepard accompanied Milne on ‘Expotitions’ to sketch views and trees that inspired the stories. Ashdown Forest is open heathland, overlooked by Scots pine trees at a place known as Gills Lap (Galleons Lap in the stories) and joining two woods: the smaller, ’friendly’ Posingford Wood and the scarier Five Hundred Acre Wood.
Piglet’s and Owl’s houses were in ancient beech trees. Owl’s, at the edge of Five Hundred Acre Wood, seemed to have ‘its elbow on the ground’. This was Christopher’s favourite because he could walk up and along its branch. (09/12/2017 - 08/04/2018) |
| Credit line | Gift of E.H. Shepard |
| Historical context | Featured in Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic, Gallery 38, 9 December 2017-8 April 2018. |
| 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). |
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| Accession number | E.726-1973 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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