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497: 22: 36: 263: 112:. Friston exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art a total of 14 times between 1853 and 1869, though he was never elected a member of the Academy. He also exhibited at least six examples of his work at the British Institution (between 1854 and 1867). In their critical companion to the 1858 Royal Academy of Arts exhibition, the Council of Four record the presence of Friston's work 313:
of New York noted, in 1932, that Friston's Holmes had attracted some criticism: "For the initial appearance of a detective whose exploits were to be recorded for nearly forty years, a veteran illustrator of that day, D. H. Friston, was called upon. This first picture of Holmes would distress the
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agreed and described his Holmes as "an outrage". It noted of the detail of Friston's creation: "His head and hands appear small, almost feminine, his sideburns are ridiculously long, and his figure is plump, dwarfed by the oversize coat. On his head appears a strange, rounded hat. This Holmes
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Friston produced illustrations and artworks from the 1850s to the late 1880s. His professional career appears to have started by 1853, when he exhibited
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In 1887, Friston was chosen by Ward, Lock & Co. to supply the illustrations for the first edition of
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By 1863 Friston had started making illustrations for various books and periodicals, including
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by Sally Mitchell, p. 214 (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996)
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Also in the late 1880s, Friston illustrated the work of the American
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devotees. Friston's Holmes is neither handsome nor intellectual".
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Davenport, Emma Anne Georgina, with frontispiece by D. H. Friston,
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The Bedside, Bathtub, and Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes
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The Bedside, Bathtub, and Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes
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The Royal Academy Review: A guide to the Royal Academy of Arts
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The magnet stories for summer days and winter nights
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The magnet stories for summer days and winter nights
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in 1887, as well as his illustrations of the female
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illustrator
figure painter
Victorian Era
Sherlock Holmes
vampire
Carmilla
Gilbert and Sullivan
W. S. Gilbert
The Illustrated London News
Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Royal Academy of Art
Illustrated London News
The Boys' Herald
frontispiece
Gilbert and Sullivan
W. S. Gilbert
The Princess
Thespis
The Wicked World
The Realm of Joy
The Happy Land
Sweethearts
Tom Cobb
Trial by Jury
H.M.S. Pinafore
Princess Ida
Cassell

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