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ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD.
“The Earth-Made House.” Pen and ink on paper. 2
1
/
2
x7 inches, image on sheet measuring
7x10
3
/
8
inches. Illustration from page 32 of “Let’s Pretend, Poems” by Georgette Agnew,
London: J. Saville & Co. Ltd., 1927. Illustration and book title captioned in Shepard’s hand, in
pencil, lower margin.Tipped to window matte in two areas along top verso. Exhibited: Chris
Beetles Ltd.,The British Art of Illustration 1800-1998, number 560.
[3,000/4,000]
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ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD.
“Mole Stretched on the Bank.” Pen and ink on paper. 121x171 mm; 4
3
/
4
x6
3
/
4
image on sheet
measuring 165x 263 mm; 6
1
/
2
x10
3
/
8
inches. Illustration on page 152 of “The Wind in the
Willows” by Kenneth Grahame in the chapter “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” London:
Methuen, 1931. Initialed in ink, lower right; title penciled in Shepard’s hand, lower left mar-
gin. Tipped to window matte in two places along verso top edge. Exhibited: Chris Beetles,
Ltd.,The British Art of Illustration 1800-1998, number 571.
[10,000/15,000]
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