| Level | Item |
| Ref No | EGM/1/11 |
| Title | Coloured illustration: Winnie-the-Pooh floating under balloon with bees |
| Date | 1970 |
| Extent | 1 mounted illustration |
| Name of Creator | Shepard; E H |
| Description | A coloured ink illustration in a mount from page 15 of Milne, A A (1973) 'Winnie-the-Pooh'. London: Methuen. Annotated for publication. |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | The original pencil illustration upon which this work is based is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (reference: E.532-1973). The pencil illustration includes the caption 'The bees are getting suspicious' (not present in this colour illustration), by which the work is commonly known by. |
| Physical Description | Portait orientation
Overthrow window mount cut from 100% cotton museum board 1650 microns in off-white, hinged with linen tape on long edge, with rounded corners.
Illustration adhered to close-cut backing paper.
Illustration mounted to back board using Japanese paper hinges. |
| Copyright | Digital copying and photography is not permitted.
Line illustrations copyright © The Trustees of The Shepard Trust
Colouring of the illustrations copyright © 1970 and 1973 The Trustees of The Shepard Trust and HarperCollins Publishers Limited |
| Format | Artwork |
| Exhibitions | Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France: "My Teddy Bear" exhibition, 4 Dec 2024-22 June 2025. |
| "Winnie-the-Pooh: exploring a classic" exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, December 2017 to April 2018 and then on tour until January 2021. |