Extremely rare 6x4-inch black and white publicity photo for The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes-- the 1991-1993 installment in the beloved Grenada Holmes series of the 1980s and 1990s-- boldly signed by Jeremy Brett, who is shown as the titular gumshoe, in blue ballpoint pen and Edward Hardwicke, who is shown as Watson, in black fountain pen, both in the early 1990s. Classically handsome English-born Jeremy Brett was arguably the definitive onscreen Sherlock Holmes. He died of heart failure at the age of 61, after years of eluding fans and using secretaries to answer his fan mail, and this is a nice, incontrovertibly authentic exemplar. Hardwicke was the second actor to portray Dr. Watson in the series, having replaced David Burke.

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