Chris Beetles Gallery

Waiting at the Window

Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)

Price

£65,000

Signed

Signed with initials
Inscribed with title and 'p 88 N.W.A.S' below mount
Signed, inscribed 'Woodmancote Lodsworth Sussex' and 'Replica drawing for Waiting at the Window (Now we are Six)' and dated 'Drawn Jan 1959' on reverse

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

5 x 3 ½ inches

Illustrated

A A Milne, Now We Are Six, London: Meuthen & Co, 1927, page 88, (later replica)

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1806-2025', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2025-January 2026, no 91;
'E H Shepard, The Art of Popular Culture: From Winnie-the-Pooh to Punch', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, December 2025-January 2026

'These are my two drops of rain
Waiting on the window-pane.
I am waiting here to see
Which the winning one will be.'

Three Cheers for Pooh, page 68