215 by 155mm., pen and ink drawing, signed with initials lower left "EHS", captioned below mount, artist's name and address on reverse of board, mounted, framed and glazed.

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A fine drawing by Shepard for his 1931 illustrated edition of The Wind in the Willows. The drawing comes from chapter XI and shows the Wild Wooders evicting Mole and Badger from Toad Hall "with many insulting and uncalled-for remarks".