Level | Item |
Ref No | EHS/G/17/21 |
Alt Ref No | O/0496 |
Title | "Asiago Plateau" |
Date | 2 April 1918 |
Extent | 1 drawing |
Description | Panoramic 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 Material | Additional 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.
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Format | Artwork |
Category | Illustration |
Exhibitions | EH 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. |