Named in honour of Thomas Edison's creation of the Edison Electric Light Company in 1878, this slippery slithery sidewinder is also said to have been the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes in 1887, when 'A Study in Scarlet' first appeared in Beetons Christmas Annual.
Noted for its peculiar 'S' shape when standing, it sports a deerstalker hat and can regularly be seen smoking a rather ornate pipe.
Charles captured his Edisons Sherlock Sidewinder using a goldfish bowl laced with cocoa leaves. Returning to Great Britain he kept it on his bookcase for many years until, one stormy night, his Sherlock Sidewinder lit its pipe and slithered away after hearing the particularly baleful howl of a hound.
Noted for its peculiar 'S' shape when standing, it sports a deerstalker hat and can regularly be seen smoking a rather ornate pipe.
Charles captured his Edisons Sherlock Sidewinder using a goldfish bowl laced with cocoa leaves. Returning to Great Britain he kept it on his bookcase for many years until, one stormy night, his Sherlock Sidewinder lit its pipe and slithered away after hearing the particularly baleful howl of a hound.
Meet the Artist!
PETER SMITH
with his
LOST IMPOSSIMALS
here at The Acorn Gallery
on
Saturday 10th March
from 12-3pm
EVERYBODY WELCOME!
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