Mary Shepard, 90, drew Mary Poppins
The New York Times
Mary Shepard, the modest illustrator whose line drawings of Mary Poppins brought to life the ultimate British nanny in a series of seven books by P.L. Travers published from 1933 to 1988, died in London on Sept 4. She was 90.
Her father was E. H. Shepard, the illustrator of Winnie the Pooh and The Wind in the Willows. When Mary Poppins was being readied for publication, Pamela Travers wanted him to do the pictures.
He was too busy, but, as Travers wrote almost half a century later, on a friend's mantel she saw a Christmas card that had "a happy imperfection, a sense of wonder". It was done by Mary Shepard, then 23 and just out of the Slade School of Fine Art. Travers' editor worried about Miss Shepard's inexperience, but their collaboration had begun.
Mary Eleanor Jessie Shepard was born on Christmas Day 1909. In 1937 she married E. V. Knox, the editor of Punch, the humor magazine.
A family memorial service was held at the Hampstead Parish Church on Sept 14.
Appeared in the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale Wed 4 October 2000 Pg 31
Mary Eleanor Jessie Shepard was born on 25 December 1909 in Red Cottage, Shamley Green, Surrey, England. She was the daughter of Ernest Howard Shepard and Florence Eleanor Chaplin. She was baptized on 2 February 1910 in Christ Church, Shamley Green, Surrey, England. Mary was a modest illustrator whose line drawings of Mary Poppins brought to life the ultimate British nanny in a series of seven books by P. L. Travers published from 1933 to 1988.In 1936 Ernest was living with his children Mary and Graham and Graham's wife Ann in 5 Melina Place, Marylebone, London, England.
Mary married Edmund George Valpy Knox in October 1937 in Surrey, England, Edmund was a widower and a colleague and friend of her father E H Shepard. Her husband Edmund died on 2 January 1971 in Hampstead, London, England. She died on 4 September 2000 in Islington, London, England, at age 90.
The New York Times
Mary Shepard, the modest illustrator whose line drawings of Mary Poppins brought to life the ultimate British nanny in a series of seven books by P.L. Travers published from 1933 to 1988, died in London on Sept 4. She was 90.
Her father was E. H. Shepard, the illustrator of Winnie the Pooh and The Wind in the Willows. When Mary Poppins was being readied for publication, Pamela Travers wanted him to do the pictures.
He was too busy, but, as Travers wrote almost half a century later, on a friend's mantel she saw a Christmas card that had "a happy imperfection, a sense of wonder". It was done by Mary Shepard, then 23 and just out of the Slade School of Fine Art. Travers' editor worried about Miss Shepard's inexperience, but their collaboration had begun.
Mary Eleanor Jessie Shepard was born on Christmas Day 1909. In 1937 she married E. V. Knox, the editor of Punch, the humor magazine.
A family memorial service was held at the Hampstead Parish Church on Sept 14.
Appeared in the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale Wed 4 October 2000 Pg 31
Mary Eleanor Jessie Shepard was born on 25 December 1909 in Red Cottage, Shamley Green, Surrey, England. She was the daughter of Ernest Howard Shepard and Florence Eleanor Chaplin. She was baptized on 2 February 1910 in Christ Church, Shamley Green, Surrey, England. Mary was a modest illustrator whose line drawings of Mary Poppins brought to life the ultimate British nanny in a series of seven books by P. L. Travers published from 1933 to 1988.In 1936 Ernest was living with his children Mary and Graham and Graham's wife Ann in 5 Melina Place, Marylebone, London, England.
Mary married Edmund George Valpy Knox in October 1937 in Surrey, England, Edmund was a widower and a colleague and friend of her father E H Shepard. Her husband Edmund died on 2 January 1971 in Hampstead, London, England. She died on 4 September 2000 in Islington, London, England, at age 90.
Mary Shepard, 90, drew Mary Poppins
The New York Times
Mary Shepard, the modest illustrator whose line drawings of Mary Poppins brought to life the ultimate British nanny in a series of seven books by P.L. Travers published from 1933 to 1988, died in London on Sept 4. She was 90.
Her father was E. H. Shepard, the illustrator of Winnie the Pooh and The Wind in the Willows. When Mary Poppins was being readied for publication, Pamela Travers wanted him to do the pictures.
He was too busy, but, as Travers wrote almost half a century later, on a friend's mantel she saw a Christmas card that had "a happy imperfection, a sense of wonder". It was done by Mary Shepard, then 23 and just out of the Slade School of Fine Art. Travers' editor worried about Miss Shepard's inexperience, but their collaboration had begun.
Mary Eleanor Jessie Shepard was born on Christmas Day 1909. In 1937 she married E. V. Knox, the editor of Punch, the humor magazine.
A family memorial service was held at the Hampstead Parish Church on Sept 14.
Appeared in the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale Wed 4 October 2000 Pg 31
Mary Eleanor Jessie Shepard was born on 25 December 1909 in Red Cottage, Shamley Green, Surrey, England. She was the daughter of Ernest Howard Shepard and Florence Eleanor Chaplin. She was baptized on 2 February 1910 in Christ Church, Shamley Green, Surrey, England. Mary was a modest illustrator whose line drawings of Mary Poppins brought to life the ultimate British nanny in a series of seven books by P. L. Travers published from 1933 to 1988.In 1936 Ernest was living with his children Mary and Graham and Graham's wife Ann in 5 Melina Place, Marylebone, London, England.
Mary married Edmund George Valpy Knox in October 1937 in Surrey, England, Edmund was a widower and a colleague and friend of her father E H Shepard. Her husband Edmund died on 2 January 1971 in Hampstead, London, England. She died on 4 September 2000 in Islington, London, England, at age 90.
The New York Times
Mary Shepard, the modest illustrator whose line drawings of Mary Poppins brought to life the ultimate British nanny in a series of seven books by P.L. Travers published from 1933 to 1988, died in London on Sept 4. She was 90.
Her father was E. H. Shepard, the illustrator of Winnie the Pooh and The Wind in the Willows. When Mary Poppins was being readied for publication, Pamela Travers wanted him to do the pictures.
He was too busy, but, as Travers wrote almost half a century later, on a friend's mantel she saw a Christmas card that had "a happy imperfection, a sense of wonder". It was done by Mary Shepard, then 23 and just out of the Slade School of Fine Art. Travers' editor worried about Miss Shepard's inexperience, but their collaboration had begun.
Mary Eleanor Jessie Shepard was born on Christmas Day 1909. In 1937 she married E. V. Knox, the editor of Punch, the humor magazine.
A family memorial service was held at the Hampstead Parish Church on Sept 14.
Appeared in the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale Wed 4 October 2000 Pg 31
Mary Eleanor Jessie Shepard was born on 25 December 1909 in Red Cottage, Shamley Green, Surrey, England. She was the daughter of Ernest Howard Shepard and Florence Eleanor Chaplin. She was baptized on 2 February 1910 in Christ Church, Shamley Green, Surrey, England. Mary was a modest illustrator whose line drawings of Mary Poppins brought to life the ultimate British nanny in a series of seven books by P. L. Travers published from 1933 to 1988.In 1936 Ernest was living with his children Mary and Graham and Graham's wife Ann in 5 Melina Place, Marylebone, London, England.
Mary married Edmund George Valpy Knox in October 1937 in Surrey, England, Edmund was a widower and a colleague and friend of her father E H Shepard. Her husband Edmund died on 2 January 1971 in Hampstead, London, England. She died on 4 September 2000 in Islington, London, England, at age 90.
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