Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859-1930), NovelistSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Sitter in 6 portraits
The creator of Sherlock Holmes, one of literature's best-known detectives, Doyle began his career as an eye doctor. His first Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887. The stories were so successful that Doyle gave up his medical practice in 1891 to write. By 1893, he had so tired of his famous detective that he killed him off in the Final Problem. However, due to popular demand he was revived a decade later; the last story was in 1927. Doyle dedicated himself to spiritualistic studies after his son Kingsley died from wounds incurred during World War I. Other publications include his memoirs Memories and Adventures (1924-30), Poems (1927), short stories and historical and supernatural novels.
by Bernard Partridge
pencil, ink and wash, published in Punch 12 May 1926
NPG 3668
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1893
NPG Ax27656
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39223
by Armand Luigi Cigarini
bromide print, 1920s
NPG x8038
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