ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (BRITISH, 1879-1976)

Auntie Maud "Do you want to be a sailor Michael?"
Michael "No"
Auntie Maud "A soldier then?"
Michael "No. I want to be just a plain man, like Granddaddy"
pencil sketch
22.5 x 31cm
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Footnote
This is a preliminary drawing by E. H Shepard for "Do you want to be...", published in Punch on 17th December 1924