LevelItem
Ref NoEHS/G/8/1
Alt Ref NoO/0200
Title[Cover of LET'S PRETEND]
Date[c1927]
Extent1 drawing
DescriptionInk and watercolour drawing of the cover image for LET'S PRETEND, an anthology of poetry for children by Georgette Agnew, published in 1927. The image is shown in silhouette: a boy sits on a tussock in a flowery meadow holding a daffodil [right] while a fairy, [a snail?] and a mole [possibly Mole] look at him [left]. Two peacocks perch in the branches of trees on either edge and dragonflies in the space between. In the centre is the title, author, and illustrator information; publisher information is lettered at the bottom.
FormatArtwork
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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