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SHEPARD (E.H.)
An original ink sketch of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet on a menu card, signed and dated "E.H. Shepard/Jan 14, [19]68"

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£8,000 - £12,000

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SHEPARD (E.H.)

An original ink sketch of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, the first carrying a large bottle, the latter following behind with a stack of plates, signed and dated "E.H. Shepard/Jan 14, [19]68", on a P. & O. Orient Lines menu, next to the signatures of fellow passengers, the image approximately 200 x 250mm., menu card 255 x 178mm., 14 January 1968

Footnotes

Shepard drew this amusing sketch of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet carrying a bottle of wine and a stack of plates on the back of the menu card for the 'Landfall Dinner' marking the arrival of the S.S. Arcadia at Sydney in January 1968. Shepard was travelling from London to visit his wife Norah Carroll's family in Tasmania and gave it to the steward serving at his table.

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