Sherlock Holmes - A Study in Illustrations - Volume 1

<p>Sherlock Holmes is truly a 'Man for All Seasons' and his image has been worked and re-worked for over a century. Unsurprisingly the illustrated Holmes of 1887 differs from that of today. In this multi-volume work we will show how various illustrators have visualised Holmes and other characters who appeared in Arthur Conan Doyle's works. Later volumes will celebrate Holmes in non-Canonical stories as illustrators and authors placed Holmes in fresh adventures but more of that later.</p><p><br></p><p>This volume is not going to be diverse; it is true to say that one person dominates. While it is true that there are illustrations by Charles Altamont Doyle David Henry Friston James Grieg and Walter Stanley Paget - the majority of this book is dominated by one person - Sidney Paget. Just as nine tenths of an iceberg lies under the water; this book is overwhelmingly Sidney Paget.</p><p><br></p><p>If you are an admirer of his work you are in for a treat as every Sidney Paget Sherlock Holmes illustration is here providing all the atmosphere of the period - the fog-filled labyrinth of London the desolation of Dartmoor and perhaps his most famous illustration as Holmes and Moriarty fight to the death at the top of the Reichenbach Falls.</p><p><br></p><p>What can you expect to find within this initial volume?</p><p><br></p><p>·     The first images by David Henry Friston for <em>Beeton's Christmas Annual</em> where Sherlock Holmes is seen for the first time with magnifying glass and impressive sideburns in the story <em>A Study in Scarlet</em>.</p><p>·     Images from <em>A Study in Scarlet</em> and <em>The Sign of Four</em> when they appeared in the lesser-known <em>Bristol Observer</em>.</p><p>·     James Greig's drawings for <em>A Study in Scarlet</em> in 1895 and again in 1896.</p><p>·     Six illustrations by Arthur Conan Doyle's father Charles Altamont Doyle for the 1888 <em>A Study in Scarlet</em></p><p>·     Four images by Sidney's younger brother Walter Paget from <em>The Adventure of the Dying Detective</em>' in <em>The Strand Magazine</em> (1913.)</p><p><br></p><p>After that it's back-to-back Sidney Paget commencing with <em>A Scandal in Bohemia</em> and ending with <em>The Adventure of the Second Stain</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>