Lot Essay
An original sketch for the wrapper of the 1959 colour edition.
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Wind in the Willows - Front Cover for 1959 Edition
Details
Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
Wind in the Willows - Front Cover for 1959 Edition
signed with initials 'EHS' and inscribed 'Wind/in the/Willows/Kenneth/Grahame Illustrated by Ernes (sic) H. Shepard'
pencil
10½ x 8¼in. (26.8 x 20.9cm.)
Wind in the Willows - Front Cover for 1959 Edition
signed with initials 'EHS' and inscribed 'Wind/in the/Willows/Kenneth/Grahame Illustrated by Ernes (sic) H. Shepard'
pencil
10½ x 8¼in. (26.8 x 20.9cm.)
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Exhibited
London, Sally Hunter Fine Art Limited, E.H. Shepard: The Wind in the Willows, December 1992, no. 125