"Our Time of Troubles... commenced with the catastrophic events of the year of 1914... Our civilization has just begun to recover." - Arnold Toynbee

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

London III: Kew, Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes Museum, St Paul's Cathedral

The National Archives in Kew, Richmond



 Baker Street


 221B: The Sherlock Holmes Museum: In memory of a kinder and more civilized London


 This is the finest exhibition of Victorian London I've seen yet.

 Gift shop on the first floor












 My favorite dramatic interpretation of Holmes (and consequently my favorite actor of all time), Jeremy Brett










 Holmes drawing room, with "VR"





 Very probably Colonel Sebastian Moran's air gun, designed by blind German mechanic Von Herder



 A Persian slipper (for tobacco)













  The hat, the pipe, the violin...

 Chemistry set.

 Refreshments...


 The London Times, 1881




 Holmes's bedroom






























 Another Persian slipper...







`

 Dr. Watson's bedroom





 Watson's model boat








A Sidney Paget illustration, the original illustrator for The Strand Magazine...











 A collection of keepsakes in Mrs. Hudson's bedroom.
 Bust of Holmes








 The metal from the French government for saving the Mona Lisa from the clutches of Professor Moriarty


 The post boy.
  New Victorian appliance
Scenes from the stories in waxworks...
 Professor Moriarty?


  Mr. Jabez Wilson, from the Red Headed League



 King of Bohemia and Irene Adler



 Two maids who permitted me to take a photograph.


 Next door...





 St Paul's Cathedral





































































































No comments:

Post a Comment