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A Little Something About Time
Pooh always seemed to have time, although he was never especially interested in keeping it.
Time for honey, time for a walk, time to sit with a friend.
So I was rather enchanted to discover that, around 1928, A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard were considering a clock for Pooh and Piglet.
Milne had written two possible inscriptions for Shepard's drawing, A Little Something, gently encouraging the friends towards punctuality.
Shepard circled his preferred wording and added a small note in pencil: “I like this one EHS.”
The original handwritten document was discovered tucked inside a copy of Shepard's 1957 memoir, Drawn from Memory. The drawing itself never appeared in the published Pooh books.
Denise at D&D Galleries very kindly shared these remarkable photographs with me. To see Milne's handwriting, his alterations and Shepard's pencilled response is to glimpse a little moment of their creative partnership.
I rather like the thought of two extraordinary men making a clock for a bear who always seemed to understand what time was for, rather than how to measure it.
This little piece of literary history is looking for a new home. The original handwritten manuscript, together with the book in which it was discovered, is currently available to purchase through D&D Galleries.
Explore this remarkable find here:
https://dndgalleries.com
With grateful thanks to Denise at D&D Galleries, who kindly provided these historical photographs and permission to share them.
This discovery feels especially meaningful to me because it touches upon something I explore in Chapter 4 of my book, the curious way Pooh inhabits time.
“There is little need here to divide time into productive units. Time passes simply because that is what it does, without defence or justification.”
Part of my continuing exploration of 100 Years of Pooh: When a Pencil Was Enough.
#WinnieThePooh #AAMilne #EHShepard #100YearsOfPooh #LiteraryHistory
Pooh always seemed to have time, although he was never especially interested in keeping it.
Time for honey, time for a walk, time to sit with a friend.
So I was rather enchanted to discover that, around 1928, A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard were considering a clock for Pooh and Piglet.
Milne had written two possible inscriptions for Shepard's drawing, A Little Something, gently encouraging the friends towards punctuality.
Shepard circled his preferred wording and added a small note in pencil: “I like this one EHS.”
The original handwritten document was discovered tucked inside a copy of Shepard's 1957 memoir, Drawn from Memory. The drawing itself never appeared in the published Pooh books.
Denise at D&D Galleries very kindly shared these remarkable photographs with me. To see Milne's handwriting, his alterations and Shepard's pencilled response is to glimpse a little moment of their creative partnership.
I rather like the thought of two extraordinary men making a clock for a bear who always seemed to understand what time was for, rather than how to measure it.
This little piece of literary history is looking for a new home. The original handwritten manuscript, together with the book in which it was discovered, is currently available to purchase through D&D Galleries.
Explore this remarkable find here:
https://dndgalleries.com
With grateful thanks to Denise at D&D Galleries, who kindly provided these historical photographs and permission to share them.
This discovery feels especially meaningful to me because it touches upon something I explore in Chapter 4 of my book, the curious way Pooh inhabits time.
“There is little need here to divide time into productive units. Time passes simply because that is what it does, without defence or justification.”
Part of my continuing exploration of 100 Years of Pooh: When a Pencil Was Enough.
#WinnieThePooh #AAMilne #EHShepard #100YearsOfPooh #LiteraryHistory
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