LevelItem
Ref NoEHS/G/18/1
Title[Florence Chaplin Shepard dancing]
Date[1904-1918]
Extent1 drawing
DescriptionPencil, ink, and watercolour drawing of a woman wearing a yellow and brown spotted bandeau top and long, translucent, yellow and brown spotted skirt and a purple headscarf. She is standing on the ball of her right foot with her left leg raised and pointed; her left arm is raised across her eyes. This was found in a letter to Shepard from Florence Chaplin dated 12 February [1918]: "Here's a little drawing you did for Mont [EHS's pet name for her] + which I thought you might like to see again to remind you of Monts yellowy little body -- it does seem a long time since I sat for that doesn't it."
Related MaterialLetter, FCS to EHS, 12/2/[1918]: EHS/C/13/34/23
FormatArtwork
ExhibitionsEH Shepard: An Illustrator’s War exhibition at The House of Illustration, London, 9 October 2015 to 10 January 2016.
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