Ernest Howard Shepard (British, 1879-1976) Piglet digging a hole 5.7 x 7 cm. (2 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.) unf
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Ernest Howard Shepard (British, 1879-1976)
Piglet digging a hole
inscribed verso, pen and ink and watercolour
5.7 x 7 cm. (2 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.) unframed.
Sold for £7,767 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Jean Gourlay, later Jean Ames, (1917-2003).
    By direct descent to the current owner.

    In the chapter "Tiggers can't climb trees", Pooh discovers Piglet digging a hole: "I'm planting an haycorn Pooh so that it can grow up into an oak tree."

    The final version of this image was published in:
    A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner, Methuen, 1928, pg 56.

Category: Fine Art / Watercolours

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