Shepard, Ernest H. (1879-1976). — (Old man falling from a ladder)/ (Magic broom cleaning), two original illustrations on one piece of Whatman-board for an unidentified work, ca.1960), pencil, coloured crayon and gouache,

ca. 25 x 16,5 cm. (visible), matted and framed behind glass. = Verso with black ink return address: "Return to EH Shepard Woodmancote Lodsworth Sussex" (the home address of Shepard from 1955 till his death in 1976). Address annotation partly pasted over with paper-tape.While Ernest Howard Shepard is now best remembered for his immortal illustrations to Winnie-the-Pooh and The Wind in the Willows, he was a wide-ranging artist and illustrator, with an unsurpassed genius for representing children, and an underrated talent for political cartoons.