The Dying Gaul', Capitol, Rome mb-code 42-52216289 Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty

Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty locked in combat on a ledge above the Reichenbach Falls

The town is described in Mallet's 1862 Report

Dutch fleet sailing up the Medway River to bombard Chatham and Rochester in 1667

French newspapers had carried a number of stories applauding French victories and so the news of the Prussian advances was cause for much excitement and concern

In the foreground two horsemen can be seen

The Dying Gaul', Capitol, Rome mb-code 42-52216289 Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty'The Dying Gaul', (1893). An ancient Roman marble copy of a lost ancient Greek statue. From the collection of the Capitoline Museums, Rome. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Cities, Scenes and Paintings, (The Werner Company, Chicago, c1893).