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Sidney Edward Paget (/ ˈ p æ dʒ ɪ t /; 4 October 1860 – 28 January 1908) was a British artist of the Victorian era, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand Magazine.
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- Sidney Edward Paget, 4 October 1860, Clerkenwell, London, England
Jan 26, 2020 · Sidney Paget created more than 350 drawings for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories and established the iconic image of the great detective. Most of these have been lost or destroyed, and only 30 are known to exist. This section lists those extant original Sherlock Holmes drawings by Sidney Paget.
Sidney Edward Paget (4 october 1860 - 28 january 1908) was a British illustrator famous for his illustrations of the Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand Magazine. He had two brothers who were also illustrators (and who also illustrated some Conan Doyle's works) : Walter Paget and Henry M. Paget.
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Sidney Paget as an iconic Sherlock Holmes illustrator. Sidney Paget created more than 350 black-and-white drawings to the Sherlock Holmes stories, which made him internationally famous. His masterly illustrations boosted the great popularity of the Great Detective.
Sidney Paget’s Illustrations. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. by A. Conan Doyle. XXIV. - THE ADVENTURE OF THE FINAL PROBLEM. Greetings, It was with a heavy heart that Sidney Paget took up his pen to illustrate the last adventure of Sherlock Holmes. He signed his full name to three of the drawings and dated two of these, underscoring the ...
Apr 29, 2022 · How Sydney Paget’s Illustrations Brought Sherlock to Life. Much like Watson was crucial to the Great Detective in solving mysteries, so did Paget play a role in immortalizing Arthur Conan Doyle’s vision. Abigail Leali / MutualArt. Apr 29, 2022. In modern culture, few works of literature have as strong and strange a power to unify people as ...
Sidney Paget, who illustrated the Holmes stories for The Strand, is the most celebrated depicter of the incomparable sleuth, whose image he based on his brother Walter. Before his death in 1908, Paget provided illustrations for the Adventures, Memoirs, Hound of the Baskervilles, and Return.
