LevelItem
Ref NoEHS/G/17/21
Alt Ref NoO/0496
Title"Asiago Plateau"
Date2 April 1918
Extent1 drawing
DescriptionPanoramic pencil sketch of a landscape, with notable landmarks, mostly hills, drawn and identified, for use by gunners to train and sight the piece. Signed "E.H. Shepard Capt RGA" and dated "2/4/18" [though the writing is rather blurred] in pencil lower right, and captioned in blue biro, bottom.
Related MaterialAdditional parts of panorama found in E H Shepard Archive and Shepard Trust Archive, both held at University of Surrey. See reference numbers: EHS/G/17/25; ST/4/8. Drawn on [official?] paper with a dark printed line with ticks through it.
FormatArtwork
CategoryIllustration
ExhibitionsEH Shepard: An Illustrator’s War exhibition at The House of Illustration, London, 9 October 2015 to 10 January 2016.
Kunstenaar 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.
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