GB 2109 Shepard - Shepard, E H (1879-1976) Collection

5 cupboards and 7 shelves, including 1400 drawings and 4000 letters

The Shepard Collection consists of all the material he had in his possession after he had sold the rights of Winnie the Pooh to the Disney Corporation.
GB 2109 Shepard c1907-c1970 Collection (fonds) 5 cupboards and 7 shelves, including 1400 drawings and 4000 letters Shepard , Ernest Howard , 1879-1976 , artist and book illustrator
Ernest Howard Shepard was born on December 10, 1879, in London. His father was an architect, and his mother was the daughter of a watercolorist. He was educated at St.Paul's School, Heatherley's Art School, and the Royal Academy Schools. His first picture was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1901 and in 1907 Shepard had his first piece of work accepted by Punch. In 1915 he was commissioned by the Royal Artillery and served in France, Belgium, and Italy. During this time he continued to send regular contributions to Punch. On his return to civilian life in 1919, Shepard was elected to the Punch Editorial Table, where he met E.V. Lucas, who would later introduce him to A.A. Milne, author of the Winnie the Pooh books. The success of the Pooh books made Shepard famous and he contributed illustrations to more than fifty books, for both adults and children, among them Kenneth Grahame's classic The Wind in the Willows. He also contributed a weekly cartoon to Punch until 1949 and thereafter a monthly illustration. Although he closed his London studio in 1955 and retired to Lodsworth in Sussex, Shepard continued working into old age, completing some new Pooh drawings for a revised edition in 1968 and colouring his drawings for a special edition in 1973. He was twice married, in 1903 to Florence Chaplin (d.1927), a fellow student at the Academy, and in 1944 to Norah Carrol. He died in 1976.

The Shepard Collection consists of all the material he had in his possession after he had sold the rights of Winnie the Pooh to the Disney Corporation.

Deposited with the University by E.H. Shepard in 1974.

E H Shepard Collection, c1907-c1970, comprising his diaries and letters, including correspondence with Punch; manuscripts of his autobiographies Drawn from Memory (1957) and Drawn from Life (1962); manuscripts of other minor works; original illustrations for many of his books; original drawings for the Charivari page of Punch; photographs and personal memorabilia from the two World Wars of the 20th century.

Arranged as indicated in Scope and Content above.

Open by arrangement with the Archivist.

At the discretion of the Archivist and subject to copyright requirements
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The Victoria & Albert Museum holds a collection of 300 of Shepard's preliminary sketches for the Pooh drawings, donated by him in 1969.

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Deposited with the University by E.H. Shepard in 1974.

E H Shepard Collection, c1907-c1970, comprising his diaries and letters, including correspondence with Punch; manuscripts of his autobiographies Drawn from Memory (1957) and Drawn from Life (1962); manuscripts of other minor works; original illustrations for many of his books; original drawings for the Charivari page of Punch; photographs and personal memorabilia from the two World Wars of the 20th century.

Arranged as indicated in Scope and Content above.

Open by arrangement with the Archivist.

At the discretion of the Archivist and subject to copyright requirements

• English

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English

The Victoria & Albert Museum holds a collection of 300 of Shepard's preliminary sketches for the Pooh drawings, donated by him in 1969.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English