ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (1879-1976) Set of 2 drawings America: the statue of Liberty in New York, bald eagle on the national flag

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i) America: the statue of Liberty in New York signed, located and largely inscribed in pencil : ‘E.H. Shepard Long Meadow, Guildford / Circle might be made with 48 stars/ If stars round circle - no stars on dress / Rough design for America’ pencil on paper 22.8 x 16.6 cm (sheet) ii) America: bald eagle on the national flag watercolour, pencil on paper 22.8 x 16.6 cm (sheet) Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976) was an English artist and a successful illustrator, having produced work for illustrated editions of Aesop's Fables, David Copperfield, and Tom Brown's Schooldays, while at the same time working as an illustrator on the staff of Punch. 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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