William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Stage Actor. Silent Film. Gillette Castle. by Travis Simpkins

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Stage Actor. Silent Film. Gillette Castle. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

William Gillette

( 1853 - 1937 )

Actor, Stage Manager and Playwright

Best Remembered for portraying

Sherlock Holmes

on stage 1,300 times over 30 years

and in one 1916 Silent Film

Owner/Designer of Gillette Castle

Hadlyme, Connecticut

by Travis Simpkins

Sherlock Holmes (1916) starring William Gillette

Gillette Castle. Home of William Gillette. Sherlock Holmes. Hadlyme, Connecticut

For more info, please visit:

sherlockian-sherlock.com/travis-simpkins-interview

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Stage Actor. Silent Film. Gillette Castle. by Travis Simpkins

 

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Standard Bearer of the Harvest Festival. Mancini. by Travis Simpkins

Standard Bearer of the Harvest Festival. Antonio Mancini. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

The Standard Bearer of the Harvest Festival, 1884

Antonio Mancini (1852-1930)

Collection of the 

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

by Travis Simpkins

For more info, visit:

gardnermuseum.org

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Sketches by Travis Simpkins

image copyright © Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Standard Bearer. Antonio Mancini. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Isis. Ancient Egyptian Goddess. Mythology. 18th Dynasty. Sketch by Travis Simpkins

Isis. Ancient Egyptian Goddess. 1550-1292 BC. 18th Dynasty. Sketch by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of an

Ancient Egyptian

Figure of

Isis

Wife/Sister of Osiris
Mother of Horus

Goddess, helped the dead 
in entering the afterlife
Divine Mother of the Pharaoh (Horus)
Her maternal aid was 
invoked in healing spells. 
She was also prominent in
royal rituals, temple rites,
funerary practices and magical texts

18th Dynasty, 1550 - 1292 B.C.

by Travis Simpkins

The Osiris Myth

Egyptian Mythology

 For more information, please visit:

www.ancient.eu/isis

Isis. Ancient Egyptian Goddess. 1550-1292 BC. 18th Dynasty. Sketch by Travis Simpkins