Happy 164th Birthday, Sherlock Holmes
Easter Greetings from Australia
“Chips” writes: I am taking the last of the open days for a while.
I wanted to post a card I have received for Easter. The card was hand drawn by an artist friend of mine in Australia. He has an incredible talent for drawing any thing to do with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and everything in between. Phil Cornell is his name. You have probably seen his work in various publication and books for years. He is an active member of the Australian Sherlockian group called The Sydney passengers. I am a proud out of country member of the group. Here is a sample of his work. I hope you enjoy as much as I do.
Happy Christmas!
Phil Cornell, JHWS “Parkes”, sends a gift to all of us with his 2016 Christmas cartoon. Thanks, Parkes, and happy Christmas!
Another Wonderful Illustration
Ron Lies “Chips” sends us this wonderful illustration by Phil Cornell from Australia. This was signed for Ron by Phil.
Ron is having surgery November 4 and would be happy to have your best wishes. His email is: relies1@msn.com . Send him a get well soon wish!
The Newly-Discovered Gillette Film
To All:
Oh, how I wish I could see this film! Wow!
Ron “Chips”
The Literary Agent
To All,
To those who play the game, The Literary Agent who worked with our Dr Watson to get the cases of Holmes and Watson published.
Enjoy, “Chips”
The Artist of The Watsons
To All:Here is a self-caricature of the talented artist, Mr Phil Cornell, who created the two Watson’s I posted earlier. Enjoy, Chips.
The Good Doctor a la the BBC
To All:
The 2nd drawing of the Watson’s, played by Edward Hardwicke, from the Jeremy Brett BBC Sherlock series done by a very talented artist from Australia named Phil Cornell.
You may be familiar with his work from The Baker Street Journal and many other publications.
All my best,
Chips aka Ron
Doctor Watson: By Phil Cornell
To All:
This drawing was done by a very talented artist from Australia named Phil Cornell. You may be familiar with his work from The Baker Street Journal and many other publications. I have copies of some more drawings of his I will send along.
I just received my society lapel/blouse pin for our group. It is quite impressive and well worth the money. I will be wearing it to all the Sherlockian functions in my area. If you have have not ordered yours yet, you should. You will like it.
All my best,
“Chips” aka Ron
Kumar Bhatia, JHWS “Bobbie” Shares Another Fascinating Insight
Our well-travelled member, Kumar Bhatia, of Dubai and India has sent along this interesting report on the Russian statues of Dr Watson and Mr Holmes. Thank you very much, Kumar–as always–for these glimpses of the world as it honors our heroes.
In April 2007, a monument to Sherlock Holmes was unveiled outside the British Embassy in Moscow. It is the only one of its kind in the world, in that it has Holmes and Watson together. It features a pensive Holmes, clad in his signature cloak and deerstalker, standing and looking slightly upwards with one hand behind his back and holding a pipe in the other, as if contemplating a case. Beside Holmes is Dr Watson, seated on a bench and looking up towards Holmes in admiration, as it were. The statues are life-size and consumed 800 kilos of bronze in casting.
The artist, Andrei Orlov, although inspired by Sidney Paget’s sketches, sculpted Holmes in the likeness of the great Russian actor Vasily Livanov, who played the role of the Master to perfection in many Russian Movies. Orlov modelled Dr Watson after Vitaly Solomin who played Watson to Livanov’s Holmes. Vasily Livanov was the only Russian actor to be awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II which was bestowed upon him in recognition of his great portrayal of Sherlock Holmes.
We are thankful to the Sherlock Holmes Society of India who first posted this article by Kumar Bhatia on its Society’s website.