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THE CASE OF THE INFLUENTIAL ILLUSTRATOR Sidney Paget’s Sherlock Holmes 1 December 07- 5 May 08 ( closed 24,25,26 December & 1 January) Sidney Paget was the most important British illustrator of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. It is to Paget’s drawings that we owe the now- iconic image of Holmes: the hawk-like features, the deerstalker cap and Inverness cape. Paget lived for a time in Finchley and he is buried there in Marylebone Cemetery. Our exhibition, which marks the centenary of Paget’s death in January 1908, includes many of his drawings, background material on Holmes and Watson, and clues- guess the Sherlock Holmes story they refer to. ‘The Moving Toyshop’ From October 2007 onwards the Museum will be showing another selection of toys and games from the 19th century to the 1980s from the extensive collections of Irene & Mark Cornelius and of Brenda Faris. As usual, there will be many playthings out for the very young to enjoy.
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