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FOR MARIE STOPES AND WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING 56. Artist’s Personal Christmas Card Good Wishes For Christmas SHEPARD, E.H. [1938]. A Christmas greetings card designed by E.H. Shepard for his personal use. Folded cream card printed with a printed line drawing bearing the legend “Good Wishes for Christmas from Ernest H. Shepard.” Size c.15 x 15 cm. Inside the card the artist has written, “With greetings to you all not forgetting his Royal Highness, from Ernest Shepard, Xmas 1938.” Beneath the inscription is a pen and ink drawing of a puppy, wearing a crown and seated upon a throne. In very good condition, images clean and fresh. At sometime the card has been stuck into an album and has some residue to the rear. [40930] £2,500 PROVENANCE: From the estate of Marie Stopes (1880-1958), pioneer of birth control and friend of Shepard.
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