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Nanny on a Chair

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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.

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