The Basil Rathbone Gallery

Artists' Depictions of
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes

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a sketch by Carl Atkins

drawing by Larry Gosser

drawing by Larry Gosser

drawing by Miguel Ojeda

drawing by Miguel Ojeda
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by James Vukos, 1978
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by James Vukos, 1978

drawing by Dan Day

drawing by Dan Day

drawing by Dan Day

drawing by Dan Day

Another Dan Day drawing, on the cover of a Sherlock Holmes comic book

drawing by Dan Day

A close-up from a Swedish poster for "Pursuit to Algiers"

Color illustration by Dan Day
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Sherlock Holmes illustration
by Dan Day

A poster of many Hollywood celebrities, drawn by Hirschfeld
(Rathbone, as Holmes, is in the lower left corner.)

a close-up of Rathbone from the Hirschfeld poster to the left

Rathbone as Holmes, by Heidi

 

Detail from a poster for "The House of Fear"
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Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
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A painting of Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, by Tom Lebish

Two Sherlocks: Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett, by Walt Howarth

A surprise birthday party for Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone), drawn by Jaime Gabaldá, 2003

A surprise birthday gift for Basil Rathbone, drawn by Jaime Gabaldá, 2004

Arthur Wontner passes on the role of Sherlock Holmes to Basil Rathbone. Drawn by  Jaime Gabaldá, 2005

Dennis Hoey (Lestrade), drawing by David Cartwright

Basil Rathbone, drawing by David Cartwright

Nigel Bruce, drawing by David Cartwright


 

a wonderful painting of Rathbone as Holmes on a poster from the 1980s, advertising Key Video's release of the Holmes films on VHS.

drawing by Gray Morrow

drawing by Nick Reekie

drawing by Nick Reekie

by Charles Bruno (a 1939 newspaper clipping)

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, drawing by Penny Alexander, 1979

Nigel Bruce
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by Carl Atkins

Holmes and Watson, by Paul

from a Scarlet Claw poster

by British artist Don Lawrence
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The cover of Shades magazine

by Victoria

by Victoria

from the cover of Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes, by Michael Hodel and Sean Wright. Drawing by Alex Mambach.

drawing by Sarah Lee, 2009

drawing by Margaret Prince, 2009

painting by David Durrett

a Photoshop creation by Jerry Neece

drawing on the cover of the record of Rathbone reading the story "A Scandal in Bohemia"

drawing on the cover of the record of Rathbone reading the story "Silver Blaze"

caricature by Hirschfeld

drawing by T. Rieschick

detail from the cover of Tales of the Hollywood Raj

drawing by Megan Ferguson
 
   
If you have a drawing or painting of Rathbone you'd like to have displayed on the Basil Rathbone Gallery, please e-mail me a scan or mail me a photo. Contact gisbourne@basilrathbone.net 

 

 

 

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