https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf Arthur R Chandler en-us 2023-02-01 18:46:44 UTC 2026-01-02 18:15:50 UTC hello@padlet.com ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2535351095 Chandler, Arthur R. The Story of E.H. Shepard, 'The Man Who Drew Pooh': 'through the Shepard Archive'. Jaydem Books, 2000. ]]> 2023-03-28 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2535351095 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2535393838 Ernest Howard Shepard was born on December 10, 1879 at St John's Wood. According to The Story of E.H. Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh, "Henry Dunkin Shepard... married Harriet Jessie Lee... They had three children, Ethel born in 1876, Cyril in 1878 and the youngest, Ernest Howard Shepard..." (14)]]> 2023-03-28 17:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2535393838 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2535405926 In 1890, Henry Shepard, Ernest's dad, sent his kids to live with his sisters in Bloomsbury, London. Their mother, Harriet, died soon after they moved due to an illness that she had gotten while the kids were still living with them.]]> 2023-03-28 17:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2535405926 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2535576977 In 1892, at the age of 13, Shepard entered St Paul's School. In 1896, he went to Heatherleys School of Fine Art for a one-year course. According to The Story of E.H. Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh, "In his year at Heatherleys Ernest found it 'a queer old place'. He spent a lot of his time stippling antique pictures but he and his fellow students found recreation in the latter part of each day." (31)]]> 2023-03-28 19:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2535576977 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2535623361 Shepard won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools and got five years of free tuition. The book says, "The students enjoyed life there. They 'were a cheerful lot and sang hymns in the washhouse while cleaning up after work'" (33). ]]> 2023-03-28 20:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2535623361 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539210144 In 1899, Shepard won the Landseer and British Institution Scholarships. A year later, he got prizes for figure painting and drawing. According to The Story of E.H. Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh, "He had by now established himself as an artist and was already supplementing his scholarship money by selling his drawings and illustrations to magazines" (36).]]> 2023-03-31 01:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539210144 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539222751 On September 28, 1904, Shepard married Florence Eleanor Chaplin at St Andrew's Church. They met at the Royal Academy Schools when they were in the same group.]]> 2023-03-31 02:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539222751 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539229010 Shepard's drawing career was catapulted when Punch, a British magazine, accepted and published one of his drawings.]]> 2023-03-31 02:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539229010 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539236285 On July 7, 1907, Ernest and Florence's son, Graham Shepard, was born. His christening happened on September 22nd. ]]> 2023-03-31 02:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539236285 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539242966 On December 25, 1909, Mary Shepard, Ernest and Florence's daughter, was born. ]]> 2023-03-31 02:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539242966 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539295008 World War I had started. Shepard was commissioned in the Royal Artillery as a gunner in 1915. He "Served at Battles of the Somme, Arras, and 3rd Ypres" (168). He also served in Italy in 1916.]]> 2023-03-31 03:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539295008 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539298030 In 1919, The Great War ended and Shepard went home to his family in Red Cottage in Shamley Green. Even as a soldier, Shepard never stopped drawing. He kept a sketchbook with him and would draw people, places, and events that he experienced during the war. According to The Story of E.H. Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh, "In the latter part of the conflict he had started to draw civilians and children and this eased his way into the years of peace" (83). ]]> 2023-03-31 03:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539298030 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539332317 During the war, Shepard had sent Punch some of his drawings and ideas for the magazine. In early 1921, the management at Punch invited him to illustrate a book. That summer, he joined the staff of Punch. According to The Story of E.H. Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh, "This was a great honour for him. The table had been founded soon after the paper was born in 1842, to be a gathering of the original founders with one to be chosen as editor" (87). ]]> 2023-03-31 03:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539332317 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539346619 Shepard was sworn in as a special constable for the County of Surrey on April 16, 1921. His job was to make sure that the people in Surrey were safe.]]> 2023-03-31 03:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539346619 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539384705 In 1923, Shepard met with Milne and Milne. They saw that he was very talented in illustrating. He ended up illustrating a second book of poems and two books of Winnie the Pooh, which were all written by A.A. Milne. ]]> 2023-03-31 04:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539384705 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539388857 In 1924, Shepard was commissioned to illustrate Winnie the Pooh and Now We Are Six. He spent a lot of time with A.A. Milne throughout the year going over the forest that would be where Winnie the Pooh takes place. Winnie the Pooh was published two years later in 1926. According to The Story of E.H. Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh, "Pooh and his chums were to establish themselves as some of the leading characters in the forefront of children's books from that time on" (98).]]> 2023-03-31 04:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539388857 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539398582 In 1927, just as Shepard's family was planning to move to Pewley Down, Florence died. Florence was having a nasal operation to alleviate her asthma as her symptoms had been really bad. She died under the anesthetic and Shepard's "...love of over a quarter of a century had gone- there was a complete void in his life" (104). ]]> 2023-03-31 05:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539398582 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539405979 In 1939, the Second World War had begun. Shepard was appointed to command the Local Defense Volunteers (LDV) on May 18, 1940. Men from every county that were over the military age were recruited to join the volunteer force. According to The Story of E.H. Shepard: The Man Who Drew Pooh, they became "'C' Company, 4th (Guildford) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard" (122).]]> 2023-03-31 05:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539405979 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539413222 On November 18, 1944, Ernest and Norah Caroll at St. James Church. Norah was a nurse who worked at St Mary's Hospital. ]]> 2023-03-31 05:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539413222 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539418690 On September 2, 1945, World War II ended when the Japanese surrendered. The country knew that the war was finally over and that they could look forward to peace. Punch celebrated the peace.]]> 2023-03-31 05:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539418690 ignackae000 https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539422518 On March 24th, 1976, E.H Shepard died at the age of 96 in Sussex. ]]> 2023-03-31 05:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ignackae000/e3cgteqkfyoqu8qf/wish/2539422518