Ernest Howard Shepard

LOT 11 ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD 1879-1976 "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BLACK COCKER SPANIEL" These drawings surround two blank spaces which suggests publication in Punch, accompanied by a suitable text. signed l.c.: Ernest H. Shepard series of nine ink drawings some with minor corrections in gouache 27 by 44cm., 10¾ by 17¼in. (sheet)

Ernest Howard Shepard (British, 1879-1976) Winter scene with children looking out of a window signed 'EH Shepard' (lower right) and inscribed 'Rough idea for winter scene' (lower centre), pen, ink and pencil 35 x 25cm (13 3/4 x 9 13/16in). together with further views through windows by the same hand (3)

Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976) The gift; and The soldier (both illustrated) the first signed 'E H Shepard' (lower left) and further signed 'E H Shepard' (lower right); the second signed with initials 'EHS' (lower left) pencil and pen and black ink heightened with white 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.5 x 19.4 cm.); and smaller (2)

Ernest Howard Shepard (British, 1879-1976) Pooh visiting in Owl's parlour pen and ink and coloured pencil 10.5 x 12cm (4 1/8 x 4 3/4in). Estimate: �6,000 - 8,000, � 6,800 - 9,100 Request Condition Report PROVENANCE: With Chris Beetles, London; Private collection. EXHIBITED: London, Chris Beetles Limited, The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1800-1992 28th November - 23rd December 1992, no. 435 PUBLISHED: A A Milne, Winnie-The-Pooh (Methuen, 1926).

Ernest Howard Shepard, British 1879-1976- "The Tears Ran Down His Face In Rivers", an original illustration for the book 'Frogmorton' by Susan Colling, 1955; pencil, gallery label to verso, 14x9cm, Provenance: Estate of the artist: Sally Hunter Fine Art, no 233 in the exhibition Dec 1988 where it was purchased by the current vendor: Ernest Howard Shepard, British 1879-1976- "Spaniels", original illustration for Punch magazine, pencil, gallery label to verso, 7x11cm, Provenance: Estate of the artist: Sally Hunter Fine Art, no 162 in the exhibition Dec 1997 where it was purchased by the current vendor: Ernest Howard Shepard, British, 1879-1976- "Two Studies of a Girl with Pigtails"; pencil, gallery label to verso, 18x19cm, Provenance: Estate of the artist: Sally Hunter Fine Art, no 130 in the exhibition Dec 1988 where it was purchased by the current vendor, (3)