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Sketch for 'The Christopher Robin Verses'

Drawing
1932 (made)
Artist/Maker
Shepard, E. H. (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Pencil sketch for colour illustrations in 'The Christopher Robin Verses', 'The Little Black Hen' and 'Sneezles'. Signed and inscribed with notes and dimensions.


Object details

Categories
Illustration
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Titles
  • Sketch for 'The Christopher Robin Verses' (generic title)
  • Sneezles (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Paper
Pencil
Drawing
Brief description
'Sneezles', pencil sketch for colour illustration in 'The Christopher Robin Verses', E.H. Shepard, 1932
Physical description
Pencil sketch for colour illustrations in 'The Christopher Robin Verses', 'The Little Black Hen' and 'Sneezles'. Signed and inscribed with notes and dimensions.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 53.5cm
  • Mount width: 38cm
  • Sheet height: 35.5cm
  • Sheet width: 21.8cm
Credit line
Gift of E.H. Shepard
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.765-1973

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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