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SHEPARD, E. H. (1879-1976)
Politeness
95 x 67mm, drawing in pencil, pen and black ink, titled and inscribed in another hand on the recto and on the verso with reference notation and ‘Drawn Jan 1959’, mounted, framed and glazed.
Exhibited: London, Chris Beetles, The Illustrators: The British Art of the Illustration 1800-1992, 28 November – 23 December 1992, no. 433.
Published on page 41 of the 1924 edition of When we were very young. Upon publication The Times declared it 'THE GREATEST CHILDREN'S BOOK SINCE ALICE' (quoted in Thwaite). Thwaite, A.A. Milne: his life, p.286.
Politeness
95 x 67mm, drawing in pencil, pen and black ink, titled and inscribed in another hand on the recto and on the verso with reference notation and ‘Drawn Jan 1959’, mounted, framed and glazed.
Exhibited: London, Chris Beetles, The Illustrators: The British Art of the Illustration 1800-1992, 28 November – 23 December 1992, no. 433.
Published on page 41 of the 1924 edition of When we were very young. Upon publication The Times declared it 'THE GREATEST CHILDREN'S BOOK SINCE ALICE' (quoted in Thwaite). Thwaite, A.A. Milne: his life, p.286.
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