| Level | Item |
| Ref No | EHS/G/17/6 |
| Alt Ref No | O/0130 |
| Title | [Self portrait] |
| Date | [1915-1919?] |
| Extent | 1 drawing |
| Description | Pencil sketch of a man in a greatcoat covered in [mud?], wearing a Brodie helmet with a background of devastation behind him. The bottom left corner has the annotation "Self Portrait Ernest H. Shepard Feb 5th 1974" in black biro in Shepard's handwriting. It may date instead to 1939-1944 [while Shepard served with the LDV/Home Guard]. |
| Related Material | EHS/G/17/ 1, 28. Shepard enclosed a uniformed self-portrait in his letter to Florence Chaplin Shepard of 1st October 1917 [EHS/C/9/26/1]. |
| Format | Artwork |
| 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. |