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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2009 7:44:42 GMT
Russell Stutler is an American artist living in Tokyo; his website showcases, among other examples of his graphic art, this ink and pen floorplan of 221B Baker Street in London, one of the best-known fictional addresses of all time – as it is the residence of literature’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. The floorplan was “drawn from notes taken while reading all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories twice in a row. If it appears in the books, it appears in this drawing,” says Mr Stutler.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 30, 2009 17:18:07 GMT
I love stuff like this! It has all the pleasure of playing with dollhouses combined with research, facts, and astounding draftsmanship. The beautiful penmanship adds to the feeling of Victorian verisimilitude.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2009 17:30:26 GMT
Those who might not know should click on the image to make it big enough to read.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 30, 2009 17:38:43 GMT
It made it smaller.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2009 17:49:53 GMT
But if you click a second time, it gets much bigger.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 30, 2009 18:10:02 GMT
So it does! Magic.
Is there a loo there?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2009 18:31:23 GMT
Mr. Holmes had no lower bodily functions. Nobody did in those days except Jack the Ripper.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 30, 2009 18:45:43 GMT
;D
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 31, 2009 7:45:43 GMT
From memory 221 Baker street (there is no 221B) is the office of a building society. I wonder if they get many puzzled Japanese tourists.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 31, 2009 20:01:06 GMT
Shall I look when I'm next at Baker Street (tube station)? On my way to Marylebone High Street perhaps.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2009 20:09:47 GMT
I have always looked, but I never remember the address. "Baker Street" is enough to excite my imagination.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 31, 2009 20:17:09 GMT
I used to drive down Baker Street every day on my way to work in Knightsbridge.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2009 20:23:02 GMT
I of course discovered it like a normal tourist... by going to Mme. Tussaud.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 31, 2009 21:28:55 GMT
There's still a never-ending queue at Mmd. Tussaud's. And this is 25 years later!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 2:09:52 GMT
A bit of a hoarder I see...
I was assigned years ago to do a drawing of the inside of the house I was born in and grew up in, a 1908 Victorian 7 bedroom (only 1 1/2 baths until later)wooden shingled house. Anyway,I was so meticulous in this assignment, I must say I did a beautiful job. I wish I had saved it. Too many memories...
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 1, 2009 3:24:01 GMT
There is no closet, nor armoire, nor chest of drawers.
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