Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)

Musketry Sergeant giving instructions in visual Training

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Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
Musketry Sergeant giving instructions in visual Training
signed 'Ernest H. Shepard' and inscribed as title and further extensively inscribed
pen and black ink
9 x 10in. (22.8 x 27.4cm.)
and an illustration entitled 'Arms and the man' by Leonard Raven-Hill (2)

Lot Essay

The text for this illustration reads as follows:
"Now we take the landscape target. Describe this line."
Recruit: "On the right I see a hedge"
Sergeant: "One minute, in the harmy we don't call a 'edge a 'edge, we calls it a 'edgerow. The reason being that if we talked about 'edges the squad might think we meant a hedge like the hedge of this 'ere board."
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