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Ernest Howard Shepard, ‘The bees are getting suspicious’, Winnie-the-Pooh chapter 1, p. 15, 1926. Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Winnie-the-Pooh sake cups, made by Hasami for the Walt Disney Corporation, about 2014. Porcelain. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Porcelain. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Ernest Howard Shepard, ‘Bump, bump, bump', Winnie‑the‑Pooh chapter 1, facing p. 1, 1926. Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Steiff Bear, manufactured by Margarete Steiff, about 1906–10. Mohair plush with wool stuffing. Bequeathed by Miss Z. N. Ziegler. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Mohair plush with wool stuffing. Bequeathed by Miss Z. N. Ziegler. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Ernest Howard Shepard, 'And pulled and pulled at his boot until he got it on' and 'The first person he met was Rabbit', Winnie‑the‑Pooh chapter 8, pp. 109, 110, 1926. Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Ernest Howard Shepard, Pooh and Piglet go hunting, Winnie-the-Pooh chapter 3, 1928. Pen and ink. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Pen and ink. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Alan Alexander Milne and Ernest Howard Shepard, Winnie‑the‑Pooh first edition, 1924. Published in London by Methuen & Co. Ltd; printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Published in London by Methuen & Co. Ltd; printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Ernest Howard Shepard, ‘The bees are getting suspicious’, Winnie-the-Pooh chapter 1, p. 15, 1926. Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Winnie-the-Pooh sake cups, made by Hasami for the Walt Disney Corporation, about 2014. Porcelain. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Porcelain. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Ernest Howard Shepard, ‘Bump, bump, bump', Winnie‑the‑Pooh chapter 1, facing p. 1, 1926. Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Steiff Bear, manufactured by Margarete Steiff, about 1906–10. Mohair plush with wool stuffing. Bequeathed by Miss Z. N. Ziegler. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Mohair plush with wool stuffing. Bequeathed by Miss Z. N. Ziegler. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Ernest Howard Shepard, 'And pulled and pulled at his boot until he got it on' and 'The first person he met was Rabbit', Winnie‑the‑Pooh chapter 8, pp. 109, 110, 1926. Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Pencil on paper. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Ernest Howard Shepard, Pooh and Piglet go hunting, Winnie-the-Pooh chapter 3, 1928. Pen and ink. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Pen and ink. © The Shepard Trust. Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Alan Alexander Milne and Ernest Howard Shepard, Winnie‑the‑Pooh first edition, 1924. Published in London by Methuen & Co. Ltd; printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Published in London by Methuen & Co. Ltd; printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.