LevelItem
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Alt Ref NoT050
TitleInk Drawing: "Alliteration for Allemands" Part Two
Date1916
Extent1 ink drawing
Name of CreatorShepard; E H
DescriptionOne ink drawing on card depicting stereotypes of the enemy forces and their allies. Four small sketches show humorous scenes featuring increasing numbers of individuals from seven to ten. This may be a parody of the carol 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'.
Drawing published in 'Punch' magazine almanack in 1916.
Captions read: 'Seven saturated submariners strafing sandbanks ; Eight elemental egoists endeavouring to eat "early piece" ; nine nonpolitic noblemen negotiating naughty neutrals ; Ten tortuous tempters telegraphing tarradiddles to Turkey'.
LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteCampbell, J. (2015) 'Shepard's War - E. H. Shepard - The Man Who Drew Winnie-the-Pooh' (London) Page 51.
FormatArtwork
ExhibitionsKunstenaar in oorlogstijd. E.H. Shepard, tekenaar van Winnie-the-Pooh (Artist in wartime. E.H. Shepard, draughtsman of Winnie -the-Pooh) exhibition at Museum Huis Doorn in the Netherlands, August to December 2017.
Persons
CodePerson NameDates
DS/UK/11157Shepard; Ernest Howard (1879-1976); Illustrator1879-1976
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