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    Sale 9757

    British & Continental Watercolours including Original Book

    London, South Kensington

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    3 December 2003

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    • Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-19
    Lot 251

    Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)

    The Roman Road; Golden Age; and A Falling out

    Price realised

    GBP 3,290

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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    Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
    The Roman Road; Golden Age; and A Falling out
    the first signed and inscribed 'E.H. Shepard' (lower left) and 'Devoted myself to the passionate absorbing/of every detail/The Roman Road' (centre); the second signed with initials and inscribed 'E.H.S.' (lower left) and 'Riding in the empty wagons from the brickyard/Golden Age' (centre); and the third signed and inscribed 'E.H. Shepard' (lower right) and 'Their owner willing to part with them for the/price marked on the ticket/A Falling Out' (centre)
    black ink, unframed
    15 x 10¾ in. (38.1 x 27.3 cm.);and smaller; an unframed tailpiece to the Golden Age and four unframed floral designs by the same hand (8)

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