Vintage Winnie the Pooh Print

Vintage Winnie the Pooh Print, circa 1970.

Charming vintage print of one of the best-known illustrations in children's literature.

This illustration was the first depiction of Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin. It was reproduced on page xvi of Winnie-the-Pooh (Methuen, 1926) where is appeared as a full-page illustration opposite the first page of text of chapter one.

In December 2012 the original ink illustration 'Bump, bump, bump - going down the stairs' illustration sold for £136,000 at auction.

Print of Bump, bump, bump titled on right annotated First sketch Winnie the Pooh Frontispiece Ch I WTP in pen and underlining of Frontispiece also ARTIST Ernest H Shepard, British 1879-1976, signed on right.

WINNIE THE POOH, Chapter I In Which We Are Introduced to Winnie the Pooh and Some Bees, and the Stories Begin. Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn't. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you. Winnie-the-Pooh.

RELATED V&A Museum, first sketch Paper height: 22.7cm Paper width: 25.6cm

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This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance

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