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Living Room, Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, London

Living Room of 221B Baker Street, part of a Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, London, reconstructed by Michael Weight. Details included are Holmes's pipe and his violin. Date: 1951

© Mary Evans/Pharcide

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Brigadier Gerard by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Brigadier Gerard by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, based on the character in The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896). First produced at the Imperial Theatre on 3rd March 1906. Lewis Waller, the leading matinee idol of his day, is seen as Gerard in the uniform of Napoleons army, standing on a battlefield. The artist is John Cameron.
The Imperial Theatre has been crossed out and replaced with the Lyric. Another copy does not have this text.
circa 1906

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and William Gillette

Promotional postcard for Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and William Gillette. Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and William Gillette. First produced in England, Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool 2nd September and Lyceum Theatre, 9th September 1901. H A Saintsbury A leading man, he became well known for his stage interpretation of Sherlock Holmes. Touring to Kings Theatre, Edinburgh, 19th August 1903 Date: 1903

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library