Drawn from memory ; Drawn from life : the autobiography of Ernest H. Shepard.
Publication details: London : Methuen, 1986.Description: 404 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0413144003 (pbk) :
- 741/.092/4 19
- NC978.5.S52
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 741.092 SHE | Available | 059062 |
English illustrations. Shepard, Ernest H.. -Biographies (BNB/PRECIS)
Drawn from memory originally published: 1957 - Drawn from life originally published: 1961.
"Together in paperback for the first time, the delightful 'Drawn from Memory' and 'Drawn from Life' are Ernest Shepard's evocative accounts of his childhood and youth at the turn of the century. For millions of readers of 'The Wind in the Willows' and A.A. Milne's books for children, what Rat, Mole, Toad, Christopher Robin, Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet and the rest look like is how Ernest Shepard drew them. And he exhibits the same combination of grace, charm and memorability in depicting the details of his own childhood.
'Drawn from Memory' describes his early life in St John's Wood in the 1880s, when freelance road-sweepers, horse-drawn buses and hansom cabs were still to be seen; when domestic servants were abundant and Drury Lane pantomime was in its heyday.
'Drawn from Life' continues the story through his school and student days and his marriage to a fellow art student shortly after he had succeeded, at the age of twenty-four, in getting a picture hung at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. We leave him on his wedding day, facing married life with £70 in the bank as his total financial resources, and yet full of hope and confidence for the future." -- Back cover
