Lot Essay
Original illustrations for K.Grahame Dream Days, London, 1930, pp.161, 165 and 168.
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"In love one sought the orchard"
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Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
"In love one sought the orchard"
signed with initials 'EHS' (lower left) and inscribed 'DREAM DAYS/In love one sought the orchard/E.H.Shepard/Long Meadow/Longdown/Guildford' (on the reverse)
pen and black ink with scratching out, unframed
10½ x 7¼in. (26.6 x 18.5cm.)
and two unframed pen and ink illustrations, "Harold toiled on with grunts and contortions" and "The End" by the same hand (3)
"In love one sought the orchard"
signed with initials 'EHS' (lower left) and inscribed 'DREAM DAYS/In love one sought the orchard/E.H.Shepard/Long Meadow/Longdown/Guildford' (on the reverse)
pen and black ink with scratching out, unframed
10½ x 7¼in. (26.6 x 18.5cm.)
and two unframed pen and ink illustrations, "Harold toiled on with grunts and contortions" and "The End" by the same hand (3)
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