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Artwork Size: 11cm (w) x 17cm (h)
Uploaded on: Wednesday 1st Apr, 2026
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Conan Doyle repeatedly said that Holmes was inspired by the real-life figure of Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, whom Conan Doyle met in 1877 and had worked for as a clerk. Like Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing broad conclusions from minute observations. Perhaps no fictional character ever created has become so charmingly real to his readers.
