Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)

Eeyore, Owl, Toad, Badger, Ratty, Piglet, Badger and Pooh preparing for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
Eeyore, Owl, Toad, Badger, Ratty, Piglet, Badger and Pooh preparing for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
signed with initials: "EHS."
pencil, pen and black ink
4 x 13¾in. (10 x 35cm.)

Literature

Published in Punch, Issue No. 5887, for the week of the 27 May - 3 June 1953. This was the issue for the week of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation on the 2 June 1953. The official Punch Coronation issue was, however, published the week before.

Lot Essay

Shepard contributed his first Punch cartoon in 1907 which heralded the beginning of many years of partnership. The Shepard biography by Rawle Knox states that "His last political cartoon, on the Austrian peace treaty, appeared in September '52, though he did contribute a special one, for a World Churches' appeal, in the December of the following year." This head-piece seems to be undocumented by Shepard's biographers and appears to be unique in its combination of A. A. Milne and Kenneth Grahame characters.

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