Sidney Paget

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Sidney Paget was a British artist best known for creating the classic illustrations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories that helped define the detective’s iconic image.

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Sidney Paget canonical 14
Sidney Edward Paget 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British person ⓘ
artist ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
artisticMedium black-and-white drawing ⓘ
ink illustration ⓘ
burialPlace East Finchley Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath pleurisy ⓘ
collaboratedWith Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1860-10-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1908-01-28 ⓘ
depictedCharacter Dr. Watson ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to: Holmes
educatedAt Royal Academy Schools ⓘ
employer The Strand Magazine ⓘ
familyName Paget ⓘ
fieldOfWork book illustration ⓘ
magazine illustration ⓘ
fullName Sidney Edward Paget ⓘ
linked to: Sidney Paget
genre illustration ⓘ
givenName Sidney ⓘ
hasSignatureWork first published images of Sherlock Holmes wearing a deerstalker hat ⓘ
helpedDefine visual image of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
influenced later visual portrayals of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Victorian art ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor illustrations of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
notableWork illustrations for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
illustrations for The Hound of the Baskervilles ⓘ
illustrations for The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
illustrations for The Strand Magazine Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ
numberOfChildren 6 ⓘ
occupation illustrator ⓘ
painter ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
regionOfActivity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
sibling Henry Marriott Paget ⓘ
Walter Paget ⓘ
spouse Edith Hounsfield ⓘ
workedOn The Return of Sherlock Holmes illustrations ⓘ
The Sign of Four illustrations (Strand serialisation context) ⓘ

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