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Ernest Howard Shepard
1879-1976
Nanny on a Chair
1927
6 3/16 x 4 3/4 inches (157 x 121 mm)
Pen and black ink, over pencil, with corrections in white opaque watercolor, on paper.
1980.82:3
Gift of 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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