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Ernest Howard Shepard
1879-1976
Alexander Beetle
1927
2 3/4 x 3 5/8 inches (70 x 92 mm)
Pen and black ink, over pencil, on paper.
1980.82:5
Gift Mr. and Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor in memory of their daughter, Barbara Foster Vietor.
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
One of five illustrations for A.A. Milne's poem "Forgiven" from "Now We Are Six", London, 1927.
One of five illustrations for A.A. Milne's poem "Forgiven" from "Now We Are Six", London, 1927.
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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".
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Century Drawings
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