The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
The fifty-six short stories and four novels were published between 1887 and 1927. Many men drew the famous detective, some better than others. The galleries listed here include a few drawings by a wide variety of illustrators, along with some information on each. To see the Web's largest collection of Holmes drawings, visit: Camden House
Sidney Paget's illustration of Colonel Sebastian Moran being captured in The Empty House
Read how the image of Holmes was developed
Read about how a once-standard characteristic of Holmes' dress vanished in the thirties.
1887 - 1929 Illustrators
Alec Ball J. Freidrich W.H.Hyde Fred Townsend
W.T. Benda D.H. Friston Arthur Keller Arthur Twiddle
H.M. Brock A. Gilbert Charles Kerr J. Frank Wiles
C. Coulston James Greig Charles Macauley
John W. Davis Richard Gutschmidt G. Patrick Nelson
Charles Doyle Robert Hoof Sidney Paget
Howard Elcock Walker Hodgson Walter Paget
Harry Edwards Gilbert Holiday Joseph Simpson
John Flanagan George Hutchinson Frederic Dorr Steele
1930 - Present Illustrators
Joseph Camana Cheslie D'Andrea
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