Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)

"The more it SNOWS-tiddely-pom, The more it GOES-tiddely-pom The more it GOES-tiddely-pom On Snowing And nobody KNOWS-tiddely-pom How cold my TOES-tiddely-pom How cold my TOES-tiddely-pom Are Growing."

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Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
"The more it
SNOWS-tiddely-pom,
The more it
GOES-tiddely-pom
The more it
GOES-tiddely-pom
On
Snowing

And nobody
KNOWS-tiddely-pom
How cold my
TOES-tiddely-pom
How cold my
TOES-tiddely-pom
Are
Growing."
signed with initials 'EHS' and inscribed 'much the best way of singing it'
pencil, pen and black ink
4½ x 6½in. (11.5 x 16.5cm.)

Literature

An original illustration for "In which a house is built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore" published in a 1950's edition of The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne, Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Exhibited

London, Foyles Art Gallery, Ernest Howard Shepard: An Exhibition of Watercolours and Book Illustrations, 1958, no. 162. Sold for 3 guineas.

Further details

See front cover illustration

Lot Essay

The first edition of 1928 shows Piglet with a small stick in his right paw. Between 1956 and 1958, the image was redrawn for publishing before being exhibited at the Foyles Art Gallery where it was purchased by the present vendor. This is the image we are now accustomed to and that is still seen in today's line drawing publications.

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