| Level | Item |
| Ref No | ST/8/5 |
| Alt Ref No | T052 |
| Title | Ink Drawing: British Soldier Awkwardly Holding a Black Cat at Arm's Length |
| Date | 1929 |
| Extent | 1 ink drawing |
| Description | One ink drawing on card depicting a British soldier standing and holding a black cat at arm's length just under its front legs.
Part of a series of sketches depicting interactions between soldiers and animals.
Caption reads: '(Livestock) X Dropping the Cat "Holding the Cat at arms length" ' |
| Language | English |
| Physical Description | Surface grazing in corners, particularly top right. Folded front corner bottom right. |
| Publication Note | Armstrong, A. (1929) 'Livestock in Barracks' (London). |
| Campbell, J. (2015) 'Shepard's War - E. H. Shepard - The Man Who Drew Winnie-the-Pooh' (London) Page 37. |
| Format | Artwork |
| Exhibitions | 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. |