E. H. Shepard
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"Ernest Shepard" redirects here. For other uses, see Ernie Shepherd (politician).
Ernest Howard Shepard OBE MC (10 December 1879 – 24 March 1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and soft toy characters in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh.
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E. H. Shepard | |
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Birth name | Ernest Howard Shepard |
Born | (1879-12-10)10 December 1879 St John's Wood, London, England |
Died | 24 March 1976(1976-03-24) (aged 96) London, England |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Children | Mary Shepard Graham Shepard |
Other work | Artist and book illustrator of The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh |
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Shepard's original 1926 illustrated map of the Hundred Acre Wood, which features in the opening pages of Winnie-the-Pooh (and also appears in the opening animation in the first Disney adaptation in 1966), sold for £430,000 ($600,000) at Sotheby's in London, setting a world record for book illustrations.[1][2]