Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes

Size: 11″ x 14″, 29cm x 35cm
Date: 1965
Media: pencil on paper
Where: Bournemouth , England
Signature: unsigned
Currently: Family collection

This is obviously a sketch of Sherlock Holmes, it’s from the 1965 series produced by the BBC. I think it’s from the one where he is played by Douglas Wilmer, 1964-1965.

My mother would often sketch interesting faces while we all watched the “telly”. This was particularly challenging as it was a small black and white set and any kind of home recording or freeze frame had yet to be imagined.

Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes



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