"striking illustration of those powers for which my friend was famous" [SOLI]
The name Frederic Dorr Steele is legendary among Sherlockians. Even for those who don't know his name, his iconic rendering of Sherlock Holmes (as partly inspired by William Gillette) has left us with distinctive imagery.
Sadly, Steele was buried in an unmarked grave in his family plot at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, NY. But the Frederic Dorr Steele Memorial Committee was assembled to solve that. Our own Burt Wolder administers the group, and he asked fellow committee members Andrew Malec, BSI ("The Strange Old Book Collector"), Harrison "Terry" Hunt, BSI ("Something Hunt") and Linda Hunt to join us to talk about those efforts as well as the life of artist Frederic Dorr Steele.
(From The Baker Street Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1946)
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- This episode: ihose.co/ihose204
- Frederic Dorr Steele (Wikipedia)
- In Memoriam Frederic Dorr Steele
- Fundraiser for FDS memorial
- Cabinet of American Illustrators (Library of Congress)
- "The Frederic Dorr Steele Memorial Collection" by Andrew Malec (PDF)
- "The Other Master: Frederic Dorr Steele" by Andrew Malec (PDF)
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Transcript - I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 204: Frederic Dorr Steele
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