{"product_id":"sherlock-holmes-a-study-in-illustrations-volume-1-hardcover","title":"Sherlock Holmes - A Study in Illustrations - Volume 1 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Foy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSherlock 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can you expect to find within this initial volume?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The first images by David Henry Friston for \u003cem\u003eBeeton's Christmas Annual\u003c\/em\u003e, where Sherlock Holmes is seen for the first time with magnifying glass and impressive sideburns in the story \u003cem\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Images from \u003cem\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sign of Four\u003c\/em\u003e when they appeared in the lesser-known \u003cem\u003eBristol Observer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- James Greig's drawings for \u003cem\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003c\/em\u003e in 1895 and again in 1896.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Six illustrations by Arthur Conan Doyle's father Charles Altamont Doyle for the 1888 \u003cem\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Four images by Sidney's younger brother Walter Paget from \u003cem\u003eThe Adventure of the Dying Detective\u003c\/em\u003e' in \u003cem\u003eThe Strand Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e (1913.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter that it's back-to-back Sidney Paget, commencing with \u003cem\u003eA Scandal in Bohemia\u003c\/em\u003e and ending with \u003cem\u003eThe Adventure of the Second Stain\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159712370823,"sku":"9781787058255","price":57.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/419c2b39c0be488389d6ebbae6b6376b.webp?v=1733268678","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sherlock-holmes-a-study-in-illustrations-volume-1-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}