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War sketches by Winnie-the-Pooh artist on display in Oxfordshire | |
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One of the illustrations shows a British officer reading a letter to an injured soldier | One of the illustrations shows a British officer reading a letter to an injured soldier |
Drawings by Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator EH Shepard have gone on display as part of a new exhibition. | Drawings by Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator EH Shepard have gone on display as part of a new exhibition. |
Shepard's Great War Sketches are on loan from the University of Surrey Archives and The Shepard Trust. | Shepard's Great War Sketches are on loan from the University of Surrey Archives and The Shepard Trust. |
The display at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum runs until 31 August alongside some of his beloved children's illustrations and comic art. | The display at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum runs until 31 August alongside some of his beloved children's illustrations and comic art. |
A series of talks and a full programme of family events will run alongside it. | A series of talks and a full programme of family events will run alongside it. |
Ernest H Shepard is best known as the original illustrator for AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and the 1931 edition of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. | Ernest H Shepard is best known as the original illustrator for AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and the 1931 edition of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. |
He served as an officer in the First World War from 1915 and regularly documented the conflict in pencil sketches, pen and ink drawings, and even watercolours. | He served as an officer in the First World War from 1915 and regularly documented the conflict in pencil sketches, pen and ink drawings, and even watercolours. |
More details about the exhibition can be found on the museum's website | More details about the exhibition can be found on the museum's website |
The exhibition includes some of his war service kit, such as his Royal Garrison Artillery officer's forage cap and identification tags. | The exhibition includes some of his war service kit, such as his Royal Garrison Artillery officer's forage cap and identification tags. |
Dates for all the activities linked to the display are on the museum's website. | Dates for all the activities linked to the display are on the museum's website. |
Another image on display is a pencil self-portrait of E.H. Shepard | Another image on display is a pencil self-portrait of E.H. Shepard |
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