Lot Essay
Original illustrations for K.Grahame Dream Days, London, 1930, pp.34, 38 and 53.
"Took the clod full in his stomach"
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Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
"Took the clod full in his stomach"
inscribed 'E.H.Shepard/Long Meadow/Longdown/Guildford' and with inscription 'DREAM DAYS/"Took the clod full in his stomach"' (on the reverse)
pencil and pen and black ink with scratching out, unframed
10½ x 7¼in. (26.7 x 18.5cm.)
and two unframed pen and ink illustrations, "She began the conversation" and "Gave the order to fire off all the guns" by the same hand (3)
"Took the clod full in his stomach"
inscribed 'E.H.Shepard/Long Meadow/Longdown/Guildford' and with inscription 'DREAM DAYS/"Took the clod full in his stomach"' (on the reverse)
pencil and pen and black ink with scratching out, unframed
10½ x 7¼in. (26.7 x 18.5cm.)
and two unframed pen and ink illustrations, "She began the conversation" and "Gave the order to fire off all the guns" by the same hand (3)
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