Sidney Paget
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Sidney Paget was a British artist best known for creating the classic illustrations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories that helped define the detective’s iconic image.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sidney Paget canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4389613 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney Paget Context triple: [The Strand Magazine, illustrator, Sidney Paget]
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A.
John Tenniel
John Tenniel was a 19th-century English illustrator and political cartoonist best known for his iconic original illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s "Alice" books.
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B.
Hablot Knight Browne
Hablot Knight Browne was a 19th-century British illustrator best known for his prolific work on Charles Dickens’s novels under the pseudonym "Phiz."
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C.
Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham was a renowned early 20th-century British illustrator celebrated for his distinctive, atmospheric artwork in classic fairy tales and fantasy literature.
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D.
E. H. Shepard
E. H. Shepard was an English artist and illustrator best known for his iconic drawings in A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows.
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E.
Arthur Hughes
Arthur Hughes was a 19th-century English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his poetic, detailed, and often romantic works.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sidney Paget Target entity description: Sidney Paget was a British artist best known for creating the classic illustrations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories that helped define the detective’s iconic image.
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A.
John Tenniel
John Tenniel was a 19th-century English illustrator and political cartoonist best known for his iconic original illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s "Alice" books.
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B.
Hablot Knight Browne
Hablot Knight Browne was a 19th-century British illustrator best known for his prolific work on Charles Dickens’s novels under the pseudonym "Phiz."
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C.
Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham was a renowned early 20th-century British illustrator celebrated for his distinctive, atmospheric artwork in classic fairy tales and fantasy literature.
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D.
E. H. Shepard
E. H. Shepard was an English artist and illustrator best known for his iconic drawings in A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows.
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E.
Arthur Hughes
Arthur Hughes was a 19th-century English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his poetic, detailed, and often romantic works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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artist ⓘ illustrator ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
black-and-white drawing
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ink illustration ⓘ |
| burialPlace | East Finchley Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pleurisy ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1860-10-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1908-01-28 ⓘ |
| depictedCharacter |
Dr. Watson
NERFINISHED
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Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Royal Academy Schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Paget NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
book illustration
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magazine illustration ⓘ |
| fullName | Sidney Edward Paget NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | illustration ⓘ |
| givenName | Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignatureWork | first published images of Sherlock Holmes wearing a deerstalker hat ⓘ |
| helpedDefine | visual image of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| influenced | later visual portrayals of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Victorian art ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | illustrations of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
illustrations for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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illustrations for The Hound of the Baskervilles ⓘ illustrations for The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ illustrations for The Strand Magazine Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation |
illustrator
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painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Henry Marriott Paget
NERFINISHED
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Walter Paget NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Edith Hounsfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn |
The Return of Sherlock Holmes illustrations
NERFINISHED
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The Sign of Four illustrations (Strand serialisation context) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sidney Paget Description of subject: Sidney Paget was a British artist best known for creating the classic illustrations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories that helped define the detective’s iconic image.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.