Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was no exception here, honestly.
Images
“Peyrelebade Landscape,” Odilon Redon, 1880
“The Cook” from “Basel’s Dance of Death,” Matthäus Merian, 17th Century
(And I demand upbeat musical numbers.)
Photo of Fredericksburg, VA by Timothy H. O’Sullivan, February 1863
Photo of Ludwig Baumann, a business in Jamaica, New York, 1951
(Then again, he’s always a little pensive …)
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