Live Auction 7919The Nicolette Wernick Collection British Watercolours and Paintings (1800-1950)
Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
Lot 89

Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)

The Eve of April

Closed16 June 2010

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GBP 5,000

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Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
The Eve of April
signed with initials 'E S' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, with scratching out on paper
9¾ x 14 in. (24.7 x 35.5 cm.)

with J.S. Maas, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Best known for his illustrations to A.A. Milne's 'Winnie the Pooh' books, Shepard exhibited four works at the Royal Academy between 1901 and 1904.