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Alexander Beetle

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Ernest Howard Shepard
1879-1976

Alexander Beetle

1927
2 11/16 x 3 1/2 inches (69 x 89 mm)
Pen and black ink, over pencil, on paper.
1980.82:4

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor in memory of their daughter, Barbara Foster Vietor.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
One of five illustrations for A.A. Milne's poem "Forgiven" from "Now We Are Six", London, 1927.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on mount, "Four drawings showing Beetle Alexander including / one with Christopher Robin and showing Nanny / on a chair. From "Now We Are Six" pp. 48-50"; at lower left, partially trimmed, "Forgiven / "Now We Are Six".
Classification
Century Drawings