Born: 10 December 1879, St John's Wood, London, England
Died: 24 March 1976, Sussex, England
Nationality: English
Ernest H. Shepard was an English artist and book illustrator, best known for illustrating A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books and Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows.
Ernest H. Shepard
Drawn From Memory
1957. Methuen, 1971.
trailing round the park and being lifted from the pram to feed the ducks by the ornamental water
A.A. Milne's illustrator lived as a boy at 10 Kent Terrace (backing on to Hanover Terrace) in the 1880's, and in this memoir recalls his earliest memory. Other park memories concern cricket games, a Boys' Brigade parade on Jubilee Day 1887 and skating on the frozen lake. A drawback to playing cricket was the number of other games going on in the park, and the likelihood of having your ball stolen.