E. H. Shepard
(1879-1976)
painter and illustrator
Died aged c. 97
Wikidata WikipediaErnest 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. 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.
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Commemorated on 3 plaques
E. H. Shepard 1879-1976 painter and illustrator lived here
10 Kent Terrace, Regent's Park, Westminster, NW1, London, United Kingdom where they lived
Here between 1955-1976 lived the artist E. H. Shepard 1879-1976 Illustrator of 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and 'The Wind in the Willows'
EH Shepard's House, Lodsworth, United Kingdom where they lived
"and by and by they came to an enchanted place on the very top of the Forest called Galleons Lap" Here at Gills Lap are commemorated A. A. Milne 1882-1956 and E. H. Shepard 1879-1976 who collaborated in the creation of "Winnie-The-Pooh" and so captured the magic of Ashdown Forest and gave it to the world
Chuck Hatch Road, Hartfield, United Kingdom where they is commemorated