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Eeyore picked the balloon up with his teeth, and placed it carefully in the pot

Drawing
ca. 1957 (made)
Artist/Maker
Shepard, E. H. (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Sketch for a colour illustration to The World of Pooh.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Illustration
Object type
Drawing
Titles
  • Eeyore picked the balloon up with his teeth, and placed it carefully in the pot (assigned by artist)
  • The World of Pooh (series title)
Materials and techniques
pencil drawing
Paper (Fiber Product)
Pencil
Drawing
Brief description
'Eeyore picked the balloon up with his teeth, and placed it carefully in the pot', illustration to The World of Pooh, facing p. 64, pencil drawing by E. H. Shepard, ca. 1957
Physical description
Sketch for a colour illustration to The World of Pooh.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 22.7cm
  • Paper width: 25.6cm
Gallery label
(09/12/2017 - 08/04/2018)
The publishers periodically revitalised the market for the books. The printer’s proof shows all 12 new colour plates, cover and endpapers for The World of Pooh of 1956, which combined both storybooks. The American publisher, E.P. Dutton first commissioned this set. Letters show that Shepard was unhappy with the planned colouring by Warren Chappell and provided his own. A year later, Dutton commissioned more for The World of Christopher Robin, which combined the two verse books.

[This label text applies to E.720-1973 and E.776-1973 (a cover design for The World of Christopher Robin) along with a proof sheet of colour images to The World of Pooh on loan, and a copy of each book]
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.
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).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.720-1973

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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