File:Sidney Paget - Original illustration of The Death of Sherlock Holmes, 1893.png

Summary

Sidney Paget: English: The Death of Sherlock Holmes (

)

Artist



Alternative names	Sidney Edward Paget; Sydney Paget; Sydney E. Paget; Sidney E. Paget
Description	British illustrator and painter English: Illustrator during the Victorian era, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.
Date of birth/death	4 October 1860	28 January 1908 / 25 January 1908
Location of birth/death	London	Margate
Authority file	: Q239144 VIAF: 2555146 ISNI: 0000000115582654 ULAN: 500012596 LCCN: n81083008 NLA: 35405833 WorldCat

Title

English: The Death of Sherlock Holmes

Object type

drawing

Description

English: Sherlock Holmes and Professor James Moriarty in mortal combat at the Reichenbach Falls.
Original pen and ink and wash drawing heightened with white of The Death of Sherlock Holmes, an illustration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story "The Adventure of the Final Problem", 1893.

Date

1893

Medium

pen and ink on paper

Dimensions

height: 26.9 cm (10.5 in); width: 18.6 cm (7.3 in)

Collection

Private collection

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower left "Sidney Paget 1893"

References

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/the-library-of-dr-rodney-p-swantko/doyle-arthur-ignatius-conan-sir-sidney-pagets

Source/Photographer

Sotheby's

Licensing

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Licensing

The author died in 1908, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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