Robin Gallery

A. A. Milne with Christopher Robin

Alan Alexander Milne (1882 - 1956), British author and playwright, pictured with his son, Christopher Robin Milne (1920 - 1996), the inspiration for his famous Winnie the Pooh books

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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A robin perched on the sculpture of a child leaning on an open book

A robin perched on the sculpture of a child leaning on an open book, on the grave of Antony David Hellyer (d.1939) and Maude Maria Hellyer in the west cemetery Highgate Cemetery, Hampstead, London

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Robin in the trenches, WW1 by Philip Dadd

Sat on the End of my Bayonet like a bloomin Christmas Card, he did'. Illustration depicting an incident described by a private soldier, writing home during the winter campaign of 1914-15, who talked of a plucky little robin who came into the trenches much to the soldiers delight. Date: 1915

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