[Rarebooks] FS: E. H. Shepard's Sketch Books as a Teenager with Scores of Original Drawings

[Charles Agvent]

SHEPARD, E. H. [Ernest Howard]. TWO SKETCH BOOKS with Original Sketches 
by the Creator of Winnie The Pooh when he was a Teenager. Two small 
canvas-covered sketchbooks (dated 1895-1897) with ties, full of pencil 
sketches and several pen-and-ink drawings by the teen-aged future 
illustrator of Winnie The Pooh. The larger book (7" x 4-7/8") has 
pencilled notes and calculations referring to a Cricket match and a note 
"Shepard, EH Sketching Book" in Shepard's hand on the front pastedown. 
Of the 48 pages, 42 have sketches ranging from rudimentary to detailed, 
some SIGNED or initialled by the artist. Two of the sketches are 
detailed pen-and-ink depictions of soldiers at camp. Subjects include a 
self portrait, horses, camels, trains, churches, women, and bridges. The 
smaller book (7-1/4" x 3-1/2"), unsigned but obviously by Shepard, 
contains sketches of some of the same scenes as in the larger book on 35 
of 48 pages--mainly of figures and country scenes including one of a 
churchyard at Wilmington dated 1895. Shepard would have been 16 to 18 
years old at the time of these sketches. Shepard began studying drawing 
at about this time and won a scholarship to the Royal Academy in 1897. 
He began selling his drawings to magazines in 1900 and married a fellow 
student in 1904. His daughter Mary was born in 1909. These sketch books 
were acquired from the estate of E. V. Knox, Mary's husband. Rare and 
extremely early examples of Shepard's work executed in a confident hand 
and showing great promise. We believe these to be the earliest drawings 
by Shepard ever offered for sale. Very Good and quite scarce. 
(#012407)        $25,000.00

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