The first appearance of the Inverness cape and the deerstalker hat, which have become immortally associated with Sherlock Holmes, was in the “Strand Magazine” issue of December, 1892, drawn by Sidney Paget for the story, “The Adventure of Silver Blaze.” Sherlock Holmes and a host of other fictional detectives are dealt with in “The Collecor’s Book of Detective Fiction,” a book reviewed on this page.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33241, 2 June 1973, Page 10
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65The first appearance of the Inverness cape and the deerstalker hat, which have become immortally associated with Sherlock Holmes, was in the “Strand Magazine” issue of December, 1892, drawn by Sidney Paget for the story, “The Adventure of Silver Blaze.” Sherlock Holmes and a host of other fictional detectives are dealt with in “The Collecor’s Book of Detective Fiction,” a book reviewed on this page. Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33241, 2 June 1973, Page 10
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