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A set of 24 enchanting 7x5 inch (178x127 mm) photographic prints ready for mounting and framing taken from Sir Arthur Conan Doyles's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1891 - 1892) and "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" (1892-1893).
These prints feature reproductions of the original illustrations by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine. They are of a very high quality, full of detail and would look superb adorning the walls of anyone's home. Each print shows the name of the story its taken from, and a short quotation from the text.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Blue Carbuncle, The Speckled Band, The Engineer's Thumb, The Noble Batchelor, The Beryl Coronet and The Copper Beeches.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Silver Blaze, The Yellow Face, The Stockbroker's Clerk, The Gloria Scott, The Musgrave Ritual, The Reigate Squires, The Crooked Man, The Resident Patient, The Greek Interpreter, The Cardboard Box, The Naval Treaty and The Final Problem.
Sidney Paget (1860-1908) is the most famous of all Sherlock Holmes illustrators. He illustrated The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Return of Sherlock Holmes for the Strand Magazine. The art editor of the Strand wanted Paget’s younger brother Walter to do the artwork, but the commission was sent in error to Sidney, who used Walter as a model for the great detective.