Description | [Front}: pencil drawing of a battle between two groups of ancient soldiers, one probably Roman since there is a vexillium far left and a mounted cavalryman in ornate armour at centre left. It was signed "Ernest H. Shepard" in blue felt tip, bottom left; [back] pencil drawing of [left] a group of hunters [possibly meant to be Inuit] standing [on an ice floe?] next to water, with harpoons and guns raised and harpoons flying toward and sticking in [right] 3 walruses, 2 basking and 1 (harpooned) whose head is visible from the water. Another animal, possibly a polar bear, is visible background left and a ship is in the background right. |